The Never-Open Desert Diner

The Never-Open Desert DinerBy: James Anderson A singularly compelling debut novel, about a desert where people go to escape their past, and a truck driver who finds himself at risk when he falls in love with a mysterious woman. Ben Jones lives a quiet, hardscrabble life, working as a trucker on Route 117, a little travelled road in a remote region of the Utah desert which serves as a haven for fugitives and others looking to hide from the world. For many of the deserts

When she loses her job and home

he will inherit the millionaire's money

and poems is fresh

and what it means

an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found the Carlisle Indian Industrial School

an old green hat and scarf and a tangerine nose

In a big wide galaxy you'll find every personality type

each page of this activity book is filled with all kinds of things for them to count

and no one will want to be her friend

"off with its head" fill-ins (where you chop off the first letter)

and droids in this fully updated character encyclopedia - complete with an exclusive Darth Maul minifigure

Holly Stroud—his first and abiding love—to balance above the earth on a makeshift tightrope