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24 Hours in Nowhere by Dusti Bowling, Dusti Bowling
Category: Junior Fiction
When you come from Nowhere, can you ever really make it anywhere? Author Dusti Bowling returns to the desert to create another gripping story about friendship, hope, and finding the power we all have within ourselves. Now available in paperback! Welcome to Nowhere, Arizona, the least liveable town in ...Show more
Aven Green Baking Machine by Dusti Bowling
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Aven Green Ser.
Age range 6 to 9 Now that third-grader Aven Green has retired from sleuthing, it’s time to conquer a whole new world: baking!Aven knows she’s an expert baker of cakes and cookies since she’s been baking with her mom for a really long time. Plus no one bakes quite like her. She cracks eggs with her feet ...Show more
Aven Green Music Machine by Dusti Bowling; Gina Perry (Illustrator)
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Aven Green Ser.
Aven Green, the remarkable heroine of Dusti Bowling's Life of a Cactus series, marches to her own beat in this hilarious, upbeat, and unforgettable chapter book. "Bowling's beloved "Life of a Cactus" protagonist returns in a new series of chapter books that capture her life as third grader. . . . Youn ...Show more
Aven Green Music Machine by Dusti Bowling; Gina Perry (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Aven Green Ser.
Aven Green, the remarkable heroine of Dusti Bowling's Life of a Cactus series, marches to her own beat in this hilarious, upbeat, and unforgettable chapter book. "Realistic, affirming, and uplifting. "--Kirkus Reviews Third-grader Aven Green is a real professional musician! She just needs to choose wh ...Show more
Aven Green Sleuthing Machine by Dusti Bowling
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Aven Green Ser.
Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month--cracking such cases as The Mystery of the Cranky Mom. But can this perceptive detective solve two cases at the same time? First her teacher's lunch bag disappears. Then Aven's great-grandma's dog goes missing. Fortunately, since Aven ...Show more
Aven Green Soccer Machine by Dusti Bowling
Category: Junior Fiction
Age range 6 to 8Aven Green, the remarkable heroine of Dusti Bowling’s Life of a Cactus series, marches to her own beat in this hilarious, upbeat, and unforgettable chapter book. Third-grader Aven Green is an expert soccer player. She even has her own top secret moves! But when her friend Sujata joins th ...Show more
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling, Dusti Bowling
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Life of a Cactus Ser.
"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even after the last page has turned." --School Library Journal (Starred review) Aven Green loves to tell people that she lost her arms in an alligator wrestling match, or a wildfire in Tanzania, but the truth is ...Show more
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (#1 Life of a Cactus) by Dusti Bowling
Category: Children's | Series: Life of a Cactus Ser.
*Winner of the William Allen White Children's Book Award for Grades 3-5* *Winner of the 2020 March Book Madness Middle Grade* *Shortlisted for The Reading the West Book Awards* *Nominated for the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards -2021 Maud Hart Lovelace award* *Nominated for the 2021 Colorado Children ...Show more
Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Category: Children's | Series: Life of a Cactus Ser.
"High School. Two words that struck fear into the heart of every armless middle schooler I knew. Which was me. And like two people online." The sequel to the critically acclaimed Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus follows Aven Green as she confronts yet another challenge: high school. Just a ...Show more
Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus (#2 Life of a Cactus) by Dusti Bowling
Category: Children's | Series: Life of a Cactus Ser.
'High School. Two words that struck fear into the heart of every armless middle schooler I knew. Which was me. And like two people online.' This sequel to the critically acclaimed Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, now in paperback, follows Aven Green as she confronts yet another challenge: ...Show more
The Canyon's Edge by Dusti Bowling
Category: Middle Grade Fiction
One year since she lost her mother to a random shooting, Nora and her father are exploring a slot canyon deep in the Arizona desert. They like to stay far away from other people now, or at least Nora's father does. Nora has been working with a therapist to try to heal, and she longs to have a normal lif ...Show more
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