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Dry in the desert : can science save your life? / Gerry Bailey.

By: Series: Science to the rescuePublication details: New York, New York : Crabtree Publishing Company; 2013.Description: 32 pages. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780778704294
  • 0778704297
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 613.6/90966 22
LOC classification:
  • GV200.5 .B34 2013
Other classification:
  • JNF051100
  • JNF038110
Contents:
Joe's story -- What is a desert? -- Dusty winds -- What is a dune? -- Mirages -- Portable homes -- Modern nomads -- What animals live there? -- What is an oasis? -- Aquifers -- Plants of the desert -- Garama -- Expanding deserts -- A modern foggara -- Who lives in the desert?
Summary: Will Joe be able to survive in the hot, scorching desert? In this exciting survival story, readers journey along with Joe as he searches for water and runs into a desert tribe.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Joe's story -- What is a desert? -- Dusty winds -- What is a dune? -- Mirages -- Portable homes -- Modern nomads -- What animals live there? -- What is an oasis? -- Aquifers -- Plants of the desert -- Garama -- Expanding deserts -- A modern foggara -- Who lives in the desert?

Will Joe be able to survive in the hot, scorching desert? In this exciting survival story, readers journey along with Joe as he searches for water and runs into a desert tribe.

Grade 4 Crabtree Publishing Company.

Grades 3-6 Crabtree Publishing Company.

P Guided Reading Level.

4-8 Mitinet.

4-8 Mitinet.

Accelerated Reader MG 5.0 0.5 quiz: 166567

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