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DEATH VALLEY
For Kids
The Desert is Theirs
• Byrd Baylor
• Peter Parnall
LITERATURE •
1987 •
PAPER
• 32 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
In her descriptive text, Byrd Baylor conjures the desert and its residents, both human and animal. With evocative watercolor illustrations by Peter Parnall. A Caldecott Honor Book.
(SWU106, $7.99) |
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Sing Down the Moon
• Scott O'Dell
LITERATURE •
1998 •
PAPER
• 137 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
A historical novel about the forced migration of the Navajos from their homeland in Arizona to Fort Summer, New Mexico in the mid-1800s. The story is told through the experiences 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) |
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Valley of Death, A Mystery in Death Valley National Park
• Gloria Skurzynski
LITERATURE •
2008 •
PAPER
• 158 PAGES
• 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) |
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Esperenza Rising
• Pam Munoz Ryan
LITERATURE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
• 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. Set during the Great Depression, the book weaves together Mexican culture and immigrant life. Munoz loosely based her story on the experiences of her grandmother.
(USW426, $6.99) |
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
• Scott O'Dell
LITERATURE •
1971 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
Winner of the 1961 Newbery Medal, this is 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) |
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The Circuit, Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
• Francisco Jimenez
LITERATURE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 134 PAGES
• 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, $14.95) |
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