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DEATH VALLEY
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The Desert is Theirs  •  Byrd Baylor  •  Peter Parnall   • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  Baylor sweetly conjures the desert and its residents, both human and animal, in verse in this Caldecott Honor Book for younger readers, featuring large, evocative watercolor paintings. (SWU106, $7.99)
 
 
Sing Down the Moon  •  Scott O'Dell   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  The historical novel of 14-year-old Bright Morning and her friend Running Bird, who are captured from Canyon de Chelly by Spanish slavers. For readers ages 9-12, this book received the Newbery Honor Award. (USW162, $6.99)
 
 
Valley of Death, A Mystery in Death Valley National Park  •  Gloria Skurzynski   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  The Landon family makes a trip to Death Valley National Park accompanied by a mysterious new foster child, fourteen-year-old Leesa Sherman. (CAL216, $4.99)
 
 
Esperenza Rising  •  Pam Munoz Ryan   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  An engaging coming-of-age tale infused with history. When her father dies, 14-year-old Esperanza must abandon her privileged life on a Mexican ranch for the grim reality of 1930s agricultural labor camps in California. (USW426, $6.99)
 
 
Island of the Blue Dolphins  •  Scott O'Dell   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  The gripping story of a courageous American Indian girl left abandoned by her tribe on an island off the California coast. Recommended for children ages 12 and up, Karana's struggle to survive is riveting. (PAC78, $6.99)
 
 
The Circuit, Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child  •  Francisco Jimenez   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  Jiminez retells, in simple, child's-eye prose, his experiences as an illegal Mexican migrant worker in the fields of California in the mid-20th century. It's a quiet, episodic book, simultaneously moving and matter-of-fact. (CAL197, $11.95)
 
 
 




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