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One Day in the Desert (Trophy Chapter Book)

by Jean Craighead George

ISBN13: 9780064420389
ISBN10: 0064420388
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‘A wounded mountain lion moves from his mountain habitat to a Papago Indian hut in Arizona’s Sonoran desert during a record-breaking July day.All creation adapts to the blistering heat until a cloudburst causes a flash flood.With a measured yet vivid style, this introduction to desert ecology makes a memorable impact." —SLJ.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46) and index.

About the Author

Jean Craighead George is the author of over eighty books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and her novel My Side of the Mountain was a Newbery Honor Book in 1960. She has continued to write acclaimed picture books and novels that celebrate the natural world. She lives in Chappaqua, New York, and has had over 173 pets in the time she has lived there, among them geese and ducks.

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ISBN:: 9780064420389
ill.:: Brenner, Fred
Author:: Brenner, Fred
Author:: by Jean Craighead George and Fred Brenner
Author:: George, Jean Craighead
Publisher:: HarperCollins
Location:: New York :
Subject:: Action & Adventure
Subject:: Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General
Subject:: Juvenile literature
Subject:: Indians of north america
Subject:: Ecology
Subject:: Nature & the Natural World - Environment
Subject:: Heat
Subject:: Deserts
Subject:: Desert ecology
Subject:: Sonoran Desert
Subject:: Tohono O'Odham Indians
Subject:: Nature & the Natural World - Environment & Ecology
Subject:: Action & Adventure - General
Subject:: Nature & the Natural World - Ecology
Subject:: General
Edition Number:: 1
Edition Description:: 1st Harper Trophy ed.
Series:: Trophy Chapter Book
Series Volume:: 4133
Publication Date:: April 1996
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: Children/juvenile
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 64
Dimensions:: 7.62x5.10x.16 in. .12 lbs.
Age Level:: 07-10

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