Stumpy, Murray, Gwendolyn, and Kona recruit Herman the crow and 200 owls to help with their Master Plan to assist the animals of Gooseberry Park that are in trouble because of a months-long drought.

"The much-anticipated first novel from a Story Prize-winning "5 Under 35" fiction writer. In 2012, Claire Vaye Watkins's story collection, Battleborn, swept nearly every award for short fiction. Now this young writer, widely heralded as a once-in-a-generation talent, returns with a first novel that harnesses the sweeping vision and deep heart that made her debut so arresting to a love story set in a devastatingly imagined near future. Unrelenting...

"Follow a family as they visit an aunt on her drought-stricken ranch in Central California. An adventure-filled graphic novel that provides young readers information about droughts and severe dry conditions. Learn from these weather warriors how droughts affect people, how they must adapt, how to conserve, and how to prevent fires during a drought. Includes contemporary full-color graphic artwork, fun facts, additional information, and a glossary"--...

"Primer tomo de la trilogía Nils, una historia ecologista a medio camino entre la mitología nórdica y las obras de Miyazaki. Según las antiguas leyendas, hay un mundo más allá de la materia. Un mundo hecho de seres luminosos, sin los cuales la materia permanecería inerte. Así, cuando los territorios del Norte, antes fértiles y florecientes, se convierten en tierras áridas donde nada crece, estas leyendas reaparecen y las miradas se vuelven...

"When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror Lake's longtime local detective, unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, she's warily drawn back to the town--and people--she left behind almost a decade earlier. But Hazel's not the only relic of the past to return: a drought has descended on the region, and as the water level in the lake drops, long-hidden secrets begin to emerge ... including evidence that may help finally explain the mystery of her mother's...

Presents an oral history of the dust storms that devastated the Great Plains during the Depression, following several families and their communities in their struggle to persevere despite the devastation.

For Aaron Falk, going back home is not going to be easy. After all, with the area facing an extreme drought, everyone is in a constant state of alert. It is against this strange backdrop that Falk stumbles into a mystery that is four decades old. Many years ago, a teenage girl died under mysterious circumstances. And the more that Falk investigates this cold case, the more he realizes that it may have something to do with the town's more recent tragedies....

The causes and results of the Dust Bowl and how the lessons learned are still used today. Presented in comic book format.

A lengthy California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, turning Alyssa's quiet suburban street into a warzone, and she is forced to make impossible choices if she and her brother are to survive.