Okorafor, Nnedi
Summary: In West Africa in 2070, after fifteen-year-old "shadow speaker" Ejii witnesses her father's beheading, she embarks on a dangerous journey across the Sahara to find Jaa, her father's killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2023
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC OKOCoonts, Stephen
Summary: When Rip Cantrell, a seismic survey worker in the Sahara, spots a glint of reflected light in the distance, he investigates-and finds a piece of metal apparently entombed in the sandstone. Before long, Rip and his colleagues uncover a flying saucer that has been resting there for 140,000 years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC COO S #1Lewis, Axel
Summary: The fourth leg of the robot races requires Jimmy and the other contestants to navigate a route through the Sahara Desert--without a navigation system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Stone Arch Books 2013
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Summary: "A brutal conflict in Mali and an international race for rare elements sets the stage for Troy Pearce and his drone technology to rescue an old friend in this adrenaline-fueled series. Blue Warrior is set in the remote Sahara Desert, where a recently discovered deposit of strategically indispensable Rare Earth Elements (REEs) ignites an international rush to secure them. Standing in the way are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Maden 2014Gilman, Dorothy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fawcett Crest 1992
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GILOkorafor, Nnedi
Summary: Niger, West Africa, 2077. Welcome back. This second volume is a breathtaking story that sweeps across the sands of the Sahara, flies up to the peaks of the Aïr Mountains, cartwheels into a wild megacity—you get the idea. I am the Desert Magician; I bring water where there is none. This book begins with Dikéogu Obidimkpa slowly losing his mind. Yes, that boy who can bring rain just by thinking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador USA 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BALLe Clezio, J.-M. G. (Jean-Marie Gustave)
Summary: After being driven from their land by French colonial soldiers in 1909, Nour and his people, "the blue men" must search for a haven out of the desert that will shelter them. Interspersed with the story of Nour is the contemporary story of Lalla, a descendent of the blue men, who lives in Morocco and tries to stay true to the blood of her ancestors while experiencing life as a modern immigrant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: David R. Godine 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LECMaden, Mike.
Summary: A recently discovered deposit of strategically indispensable Rare Earth Elements (REEs) in the remote Sahara Desert ignites an international rush to secure them. Standing in the way are the Tuaregs, the fierce tribe of warrior nomads of the desert wasteland, who are fighting for their independence. The Chinese offer to help the Malian government crush the rebellion by the Tuaregs in order to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MADGilman, Dorothy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1992
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GILCunnane, Kelly.
Summary: In Mauritania, West Africa, an Arab girl who wants to wear a malafa, the veiled dress worn by her mother and older sister, learns that the garment represents beauty, mystery, tradition, belonging, and faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CUNJenoff, Pam
Summary: 1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents amid the horrors of the Krakow Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to seek refuge in the perilous sewers beneath the city. One day Sadie looks up through a grate and sees a girl about her own age buying flowers. Ella Stepanek is an affluent Polish girl living a life of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2021