Everyone has secrets. Mags’s has teeth. Magdalena Herrera is about to graduate high school, but she already feels like an adult with serious responsibilities: caring for her ailing grandmother; working a part-time job; clandestine makeouts with a girl who has a boyfriend. And then there’s her secret, which pulls her into the basement each night, drains her of energy, and leaves her bleeding. A secret that could hurt and even kill if it ever got...

In rhyming text, the Cat in the Hat explores world's deserts, describing the adaptive qualities of the plants and animals that live in deserts, and explaining how sand dunes form, why people see mirages, and more.

"Sophie loves camp--except for all the creepy-crawlies. Getting trapped in the tent with a daddy longlegs is terrifying, and spiders make her scream. It's so embarrassing. But then a mysterious compass transports her to a fiercely hot desert, where Bear Grylls, her guide, is watching. The sun is beating down, and together they must trek to find water and overcome the dangers lurking in the dunes ... Will Sophie find her survival spirit, face up to...

From their porch, a family watches night fall over the desert. Coyotes, cicadas, and owls emerge, calling to the moon. When the time is right, the family joins in, singing along with the insects and other animals. Pura Belpre Honoree Laekan Zea Kemp's stirring text dances through Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez's enchanting artwork in this joyous celebration of tradition, memory, and music.

One year after saving the sea, Barclay Thorne sets off for a new kind of adventure--the Symposium, a series of courses that all apprentices of the Lore Keeper Guild need to pass before they can take their licensing exam. And although Barclay is excited to explore the wonders of the Desert and reunite with old friends, he's less excited about the Tourney, the Symposium's traditional, good-natured prank war among the four apprentice tracks. As an Elsie,...

Seven of the eight survivors of the Aero Horizon crash have made it out of the deadly jungle, but the desert into which they have emerged has its own dangers, and they have very little food or water left and no sign of civilization anywhere--meanwhile, one of the survivors is changing, and that may be the greatest threat of all.

"In her third story, Luciana and her family are headed to Chile for winter break. Luci can't wait to see her cousins - but the reunion doesn't go as planned, and Luci feels like an outsider in her own family. Just then she receives a surprise invite from Claire Jacobs, her frenemy from astronaut training camp, to join her at the Mars habitat in the desert and watch NASA scientists at work. It's an offer too good to refuse, so Luci decides to leave...

What will I do with all these breaths I may not have had? After Avalyn nearly died from an asthma attack, her parents moved her to the fresh, dry air of Clear Canyon City, Arizona. And for the last ten years, she's been able to breathe. That is, until Adam shows up. Quiet and disheveled, Adam is an instant target for the bullies who have plagued Avalyn and her friends. As Avalyn gets to know him, she begins to suspect that the sudden, strange increase...

When Scooby Doo and the gang go to the desert to see a music video being filmed, a cactus creature sabotages the set, and it's up to the gang to capture the culprit. When Scooby Doo and the gang go to the desert to see a music video being filmed, a cactus creature sabotages the set, and its up to the gang to capture the culprit.