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Dusti Bowling
A novel about a girl born without arms and a boy with Tourette syndrome navigating the challenges of school, disability and friendship.
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Bestselling and award-winning author Dusti Bowling delivers a moving and empowering middle grade novel that will keep readers riveted by its mysteries and action-packed plot, even as it sensitively addresses…
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Hatchet meets Long Way Down in this heartfelt and gripping novel in verse about a young girl’s struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong.
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Aven Green is the remarkable heroine of Dusti Bowling’s Life of a Cactus series. Now younger readers can also get to know Aven through her everyday adventures.
Aven Green was born without arms - and by age 13 has learned how to do almost everything without them. Hiding out in the library, she meets Connor, a boy…
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Aven’s about to begin high school - with 3000 new kids to stare at her for being different. Can Aven manage to stay true to herself?
When a boy with a terrible secret moves to town there is a sudden increase in dust storms, and asthmatic Avalyn theorizes the storms are linked to his emotions and…
Eight-year-old Aven Green is despondent when she does not master the piano in one day, but with new inspiration from guitarist Mr. Tom, who is armless like her, along with…
Eight-year-old expert soccer player Aven Green learns to share the spotlight and be a good team player when her friend Sujata joins the team.
One girl sets out on a journey across the treacherous Arizona desert to rescue a young pilot stranded after a plane crash in this gripping story of survival, friendship, and…
Hatchet meets Long Way Down in this heartfelt and gripping novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong…
Hatchet meets Long Way Down in this heartfelt and gripping middle-grade novel in verse about a young girl struggling to stay alive after a climbing trip with her father goes…
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"High School. Two words that struck fear into the heart of every armless middle schooler I knew. Which was me. And like two people online." This sequel to the critically…
Aven Green is about to begin high school. In a year filled with confusion, humiliation, fears, loss and, maybe, love can Aven manage to stay true to herself?
Set in the desert of Arizona, this novel is a gripping story about friendship, hope and finding the power we all have within ourselves.
Now that third-grader Aven Green has retired from sleuthing, it’s time to conquer a whole new world: baking!
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Winner of the 2017 Reading the West Book Award for Children’s Books. Aven Green was born without arms. After her dad takes a job running a dying Western theme park…
Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a really long time–a whole month!
She has solved many important cases like The Mystery of the Cranky Mom, The Mystery of…
Aven Green, the remarkable heroine of Dusti Bowling's Life of a Cactus series, marches to her own beat in this hilarious, upbeat, and unforgettable chapter book.
Third-grader Aven Green is…
Age range 6 to 8
Aven Green, the remarkable heroine of Dusti Bowling's Life of a Cactus series, marches to her own beat in this hilarious, upbeat, and unforgettable chapter…
