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Duel in the desert

by Walter Dean Myers · 1986

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While camping in Morocco, Chris and his brother try to discover who stole a valuable silver chalice from a Moroccan palace.

Genre
detectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
brothersbrothersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisMoroccoMoroccoMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 92 pages

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