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 tries to help as she struggles to breathe.

Welcome to Nowhere, Arizona, the least livable town in the United States. For Gus, a bright 13-year-old with dreams of getting out and going to college, life there is made even worse by Bo Taylor, Nowhere's biggest, baddest bully. When Bo tries to force Gus to eat a dangerously spiny cactus, Rossi Scott, one of the best racers in Nowhere, comes to his rescue--but in return she has to give Bo her prized dirt bike. Determined to buy it back, Gus agrees...

Twelve-year-old Miguel, who feels drawn to the priesthood, is shocked to learn of his Jewish ancestry and runs away into the desert where he meets Rushing Cloud, a Tohono O'odham youth escaping a mission school. Includes historical notes and glossary.

In the 1950s, fourteen-year-old Elena Padilla and her father move into a haunted house in Duston, Arizona, where only Elena can see and help the ghost of the young girl who died there. En la década de 1950, Elena Padilla, de catorce años, y su padre se mudan a una casa embrujada en Duston, Arizona, donde sólo Elena puede ver y ayudar al fantasma de la joven que murió allí.

"When Baby Bear goes on a business trip with Poppa Bear, he worries about being far away from home--from Mama, from his comfy bed, from his yummy food. When Poppa suggests trying tacos for the first time, Baby Bear isn't sure he'll like them. Will he be brave enough to try something new?"--

After his family unexpectedly inherits a run-down, safari-themed summer camp in Arizona, twelve-year-old Silas unlocks a mysterious trunk and finds an old lion pelt, unwittingly setting free forces that cause a terrifying accident and lead to a series of scary animal encounters.