"When thirteen-year-olds T.E. and Audrey meet at a wilderness camp in the desert, they think their quirks are enough to prevent them from ever having friends. But as they trek through the challenging and unforgiving landscape, they learn that they each have what it takes to make the other whole"-- Provided by publisher.

Separated from their group during a sixth-graders geocaching trip, Jen Chiu and her mortal enemy, Martin Diaz, are caught in a dust storm in the desert near Las Cruces, New Mexico. Includes survival tips.

"Using simple, succinct text and richly colored art, Adriana Hernández Bergstrom follows one tumbleweed on its journey across a desert unexpectedly teeming with life. Tumble is an incredible read-aloud perfect for storytime or newly independent readers. Extensive backmatter identifies every plant and animal featured in the book and provides more information on the misunderstood tumbleweed and its ecosystem."--

"Cactus and Flower spend their days in the desert, side by side. They grow, slowly but surely. Then one day, Flower loses a petal. Cactus and Flower know what this means. But they know, too, that this is the way life goes: Slowly but surely, petals will fall, and new buds will bloom"--

Take an alphabetized trip through the dunes and discover the plants, animals, and weather patterns that make the deserts of the world so amazing.

When his mother, a professional singer, dies, twelve-year-old Harrison moves to the southern Utah desert, where he continues learning card tricks, makes new friends, enters an art contest, and finds a way to pay tribute to his mother.

Meet Mr. Penguin - adventurer (and penguin). He has a dashing hat. He has a packed lunch. He is very keen. When Mr Penguin discovers that his good friend Edith has been kidnapped, he's on his most important mission yet. Will he survive a perilous train journey through the desert? Can he complete three impossible tasks ... and still get home in time for a fish finger sandwich?

"Things have started to return to normal in Brett s life, and he s happily participating in a practical joke competition with Poppy and Joe. But when Joe goes missing, Brett wonders if it s just his next joke, or something more serious. And then they discover the crater. Another portal has opened, and Brett and Poppy have to jump in to find their friend. This time, they are taken to a desert, into a world that they believed only existed in stories,...