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Insignificant events in the life of a cactus / by Dusti Bowling.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Sterling Children's Books, [2017]Description: 262 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781454923459
  • 1454923458
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.
List(s) this item appears in: Disability Pride Month
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Fiction Bowling Dusti Available 33111008964922
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Bowling Dusti Checked out 04/22/2024 33111008827053
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even after the last page has turned." --School Library Journal (Starred review)



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 Arizona, Aven moves with them across the country knowing that she'll have to answer the question over and over again.



Her new life takes an unexpected turn when she bonds with Connor, a classmate who also feels isolated because of his own disability, and they discover a room at Stagecoach Pass that holds bigger secrets than Aven ever could have imagined. It's hard to solve a mystery, help a friend, and face your worst fears. But Aven's about to discover she can do it all . . . even without arms.



Autumn 2017 Kids' Indie Next Pick

Junior Library Guild Selection

Library of Congress's 52 Great Reads List 2018

New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.

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