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Dust storm!

Terry Lynn Johnson

2018128 pagesabout 2–3 hours
2018
first published
  • 2018Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · ENGISBN 9781328529299
  • 2018Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · 128 pages · ENGISBN 9781328530592
  • 2021Penworthy Company, LLC, The · ENGISBN 9781646978236
  • 2018HMH Books for Young Readers · 128 pagesISBN 9780544970984

"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 Mexio desert. When their van gets a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, they decide to bike off on their own to get a head start, Without warning, a blinding wall of dust and debris barrels toward them, Separated from their field trip group and in the desert alone, they will have to use all their knowledge and grit to survive, They'll also have to figure out how to save their friendship."--back cover.

How it feels

AtmosphereStormy

How it reads

Character focusSmall ensemble

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Written forMiddle grade

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