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To dance in the desert : a novel / by Popa, Kathleen.(CARDINAL)487777;
"Having witnessed the violent deaths of both her husband and father in one terrible day, Dara flees to the solitude of a secret house in a remote desert valley. But she's not alone, for a strange woman dances on the distant sands of the desert. Further, Dara's begun to hear a voice in the wind that whispers it loves her, and invites her to dance. Follow Dara as she learns the art of loving despite her fears, discovers the mother who abandoned her long ago, and surrenders at last to the rhythm of grace." -- Amazon.
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Fiction.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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White sands, red menace / by Klages, Ellen,1954-(CARDINAL)342471;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-340).It is 1946, and Dewey Kerrigan is now living near the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with the Gordon family. Dewey and her "sister," Suze, share secrets, art, and science as they adjust to high school in an isolated desert town. Then, Dewey's long-lost mother, Rita Gallucci, reappears in their lives.Ages 10 up.690LAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection
Subjects: Novels.; Scientists; Girls; Families; Girls.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Wicked lovely : desert tales 2: challenge / by Marr, Melissa.(CARDINAL)485582; Xian Nu Studio.(CARDINAL)592406;
v. 1. Sanctuary -- v. 2. Challenge -- v. 3. ResolveRika, who was once mortal and is now a fairy, enjoys her solitary life in the desert, far from the Faerie Courts, until she falls in love with a human boy named Jayce, but she cannot escape from her dark past.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Fiction.; Fairies; Deserts; Interpersonal relations; Fantasy; Graphic novels;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wicked lovely : desert tales 1: Sanctuary / by Marr, Melissa.(CARDINAL)485582; Xian Nu Studio.(CARDINAL)592406;
v. 1. Sanctuary -- v. 2. Challenge -- v. 3. ResolveRika, who was once mortal and is now a fairy, enjoys her solitary life in the desert, far from the Faerie Courts, until she falls in love with a human boy named Jayce, but she cannot escape from her dark past.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Fiction.; Fairies; Deserts; Interpersonal relations; Fantasy; Graphic novels;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Solar power / by Vogel, Julia.(CARDINAL)702612;
Your mission -- What you know -- A huge ball of gas -- In the desert -- Up on the roof -- California solar farm -- A bright future? -- Mission accomplished! -- Consider this -- Glossary -- Learn more -- Further missions.Ages 8-9.890LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Solar energy;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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United Arab Emirates / by Sonneborn, Liz.(CARDINAL)285595;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-135) and index.Then and now -- A varied land -- Desert life -- Emirati history -- A federation of Emirates -- A booming economy -- Natives and foreigners -- Faith in the Emirates -- Arts and sports -- Living day to day -- Timeline.An introduction to the Mideast country of United Arab Emirates, including its geography, history, religious life, and culture.1000LAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Over and under the canyon / by Messner, Kate,author.(CARDINAL)335074; Neal, Christopher Silas,illustrator.(CARDINAL)335073;
Includes bibliographical references."OVER AND UNDER THE CANYON takes young readers on a thrilling tour of a desert canyon ecosystem. Discover the wonders concealed in the curves of the canyon, the magic of a desert wildflower bloom, and all the unexpected creatures that bring the desert to life"--Ages 6-9Grades 2-3
Subjects: Animals; Natural history; Ecology; Canyons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Batty for books, Deserts [kit]
DVD: Reading rainbow: desert life ($5.19). Books: A desert habitat / Bobbie Kalman and Kelley MacAulay ($18.95) -- Desert babies A-Z / Bill Broyles ; photographs by Paul and Joyce Berquist ($12.95) -- Why oh why are deserts dry? / by Tish Rabe ; illustrated by Aristides Ruiz and Joe Mathieu ($5.39) -- Way out in the desert / T. J. Marsh and Jennifer Ward ($9.57) -- The tortoise and the jackrabbit / Susan Lowell ; illustrated by Jim Harris ($9.96) -- Who grows up in the desert? : a book about desert animals and their offspring / Theresa Longenecker ; illustrated by Melissa Carpenter ($8.01) -- Little red cowboy hat / Susan Lowell (19.63); illustrations by Randy Cecil ($19.63) -- The Desert is my mother > El desierto es mi madre / by Pat Mora ; art by Daniel Lechon ($7.93) -- How the camel got his hump / by Rudyard Kipling ; illustration by Tim Raglin ($11.93)-- canvas bag ($10.64).
Subjects: Deserts;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Morning in the burned house / by Atwood, Margaret,1939-(CARDINAL)145727;
You come back -- Sad child -- In the secular night -- Waiting -- February -- Asparagus -- Red fox -- Miss July grows older -- Manet's Olympia -- Daphne and Laura and so forth -- Cressida to Troilus: A gift -- Ava Gardner reincarnated as a magnolia -- Helen of Troy does counter dancing -- Man looks -- Sekhmet, the lion-headed goddess of War, violent storms, pestilence, and recovery from illness, contemplates the desert in The Metropolitan Museum of Art -- Romantic -- Cell -- Loneliness of the military historian -- Marsh languages -- Frogless -- Half-hanged Mary -- Owl burning -- Down -- Pink hotel in California -- Man in a glacier -- Wave -- King Lear in respite care -- Visit -- Dancing -- Bored -- Flowers -- Two dreams -- Time -- Two dream, 2 -- Oh -- Ottawa River by night -- Vermilion flycatcher, San Pedro River, Arizona -- Moment -- Up -- Girl without hands -- Signer -- Fire place -- Statuary -- Shapechangers in winter -- Morning in the burned house.
Subjects: Poetry, Modern;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Hoot and howl across the desert : life in the world's driest deserts / by Tzomaka, Vassiliki,author,illustrator.;
What is a desert? -- Roots and rain -- Antarctica -- The Arctic -- The Great Basin -- The Sonoran Desert -- Anna's hummingbird -- The Chihuahuan & Mojave Deserts -- Noctural animals -- The Atacama Desert -- The Patagonian Desert -- Escaping predators -- The Namib Desert -- The Kalahari Desert -- Acacia trees -- The Sahara -- A desert oasis -- The Arabian Desert -- Sand dunes -- Desert lizards -- The Thar Desert -- Wild Bactrian camel -- The Gobi Desert -- The Australian deserts -- Venomous animals -- Dessert snakes -- Desert folk art.Discover the remarkable plants and animals that live in the world's driest climates--both hot and cold! With beautifully illustrated landscapes, this book proves just how much life exists in the world's deserts. Travel around the globe and encounter hundreds of rare and little-known plants and animals that thrive in dry environments. Learn about nocturnal species who occupy the deserts, common survival tactics, lethal creatures to watch for, and how the desert food chain functions. Hoot and Howl Across the Desert is an engaging investigation of some of the most extreme environments on Earth, from California's Mojave Desert to the Arctic and from the Sahara to the Australian outback. With graphic illustrations that draw stylistically on folk art local to each desert, Vassiliki Tzomaka provides a level of detail that will satisfy even the most curious reader.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Desert animals; Desert animals; Deserts; Desert ecology; Animals;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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