Dusti Bowling

• Oct-2026
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• Mar-2026
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The Secret Life of Pets meets Ranger in Time in this humorous, historic, and mildly haunted illustrated chapter book series featuring a service dog who thinks he’s British, tasked with chasing the unsolved ghost stories of the Southwest.Edmund,...

• Oct-2025
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A USA Today bestseller!

Acclaimed author Dusti Bowling takes the bull by the horns in this moving novel about a boy struggling to keep his family together while facing the side effects of bull riding.

Thirteen-year-old Canyon lo...

• Apr-2025
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“This story was everything I wanted it to be. Heartfelt, thoughtful, and most of all . . . full of hope. I loved it!” —Lindsay Currie, New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Locked RoomsConnor, beloved best friend of Av...

• Aug-2023
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"This book will save lives." -- Beth Vrabel, award-winning author of The Newspaper Club series  In this unmissable story of friendship, courage, and healing, a girl struggling to breathe befriends a boy shrouded in dust, perfect for fans of Eri...

• Apr-2023
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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 an expert soccer player. She even has her own top secr...

• Aug-2022
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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.    "Realistic, affirming, and uplifting. " -- Kirkus Reviews    Thi...

• Oct-2021
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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 friendship, courage, and rescue, from bestselling and award-winning author Dusti Bowling Twelve-yea...

• Aug-2021
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Now that third-grader Aven Green has retired from sleuthing, it’s time to conquer a whole new world: baking! Aven knows she’s an expert baker of cakes and cookies since she’s been baking with her mom for a really long time. Plu...

• Apr-2021
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Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a really long time -- a whole month!  She's solved many important cases like The Mystery of the Cranky Mom, The Mystery of the Missing Ice Cream, and The Mystery of the Smelly Feet. Her reco...

• Sep-2020
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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. One year after a random shooting changed their family forever, Nora...

• Sep-2019
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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."  The sequel to the critically acclaimed Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus follows Aven Green a...

• Sep-2018
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When you come from Nowhere, can you ever really make it anywhere? Author Dusti Bowling (Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus) returns to the desert to create a gripping story about friendship, hope, and finding the power we all have within ou...

• Sep-2017
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Aven Green loves to tell people that she lost her arms in an alligator wrestling match, or a wildfire in Tanzania, but the truth is she was born without them. And when her parents take a job running Stagecoach Pass, a rundown western theme park in Ar...