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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.    “Bowling’s beloved “Life of a Cactus” protagonist returns in a new series of… Read More

  • 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… Read More

  • Third-grader Aven Green has been baking for a really long time . . . since last week!  Now Aven is ready to shake things up by entering the exciting world of competitive baking with her friends Kayla, Sujata, and Emily.… Read More

  • 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.… Read More

Dusti Bowling

About the Author

DUSTI BOWLING is the award-winning, bestselling author of Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus, 24 Hours in Nowhere, The Canyon’s Edge, Across the Desert, Dust, and the Aven Green chapter book series.
 
Dusti’s books have won the Reading the West award, the Sakura Medal, a Golden Kite Honor, the William Allen White Children’s Book Award, and have been nominated for fifty state awards. Her books are Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections and have been named best books of the year by the Chicago Public Library, Kirkus, Bank Street College of Education, A Mighty Girl, Shelf Awareness, and many more.
 
Dusti currently lives in Arizona with her husband, three daughters, and a bunch of farm animals. You can find her online at dustibowling.com.

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