24 Hours in Nowhere, Dusti Bowling
24 Hours in Nowhere, Dusti Bowling
4 Rating(s)
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24 Hours in Nowhere

Author: Dusti Bowling

Narrator: Aaron Shedlock

Unabridged: 5 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/25/2019


Synopsis

When you come from Nowhere, can you ever really make it anywhere? Author Dusti Bowling (Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus) returns to the desert to create a gripping story about friendship, hope, and finding the power we all have within ourselves.

Welcome to Nowhere, Arizona, the least livable town in the United States. For Gus, a bright thirteen-year-old with dreams of getting out and going to college, life there is made even worse by Bo Taylor, Nowhere's biggest, baddest bully. When Bo tries to force Gus to eat a dangerously spiny cactus, Rossi Scott, one of the best racers in Nowhere, comes to his rescue—but in return she has to give Bo her prized dirt bike. Determined to buy it back, Gus agrees to go searching for gold in Dead Frenchman Mine, joined by his old friends Jessie Navarro and Matthew Dufort, and Rossi herself. As they hunt for treasure, narrowly surviving everything from cave-ins to mountain lions, they bond over shared stories of how hard life in Nowhere is—and they realize this adventure just may be their way out.

About Dusti Bowling

Dusti Bowling holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and a Master of Education, but her true passion is writing. She is the author of Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus, and 24 Hours in Nowhere. She currently lives in Carefree, Arizona, with her husband and three daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dusti

I hope you all enjoy Gus and his friends' adventure in the Arizona desert!......more

Goodreads review by Kaytlin

4.5 I enjoyed this book. The character arcs were cool as was the 24 hour time frame of the story. A few spots felt extremely unrealistic, guess I've watched too many episodes of Man VS Wild...lol...I just don't believe a mountain lion would leave you alone after you hit it with a backpack, twice. Sor......more

Goodreads review by Darla

In this cleverly written middle grade novel, a whole lot happens to Gus and his friends in just 24 hours. Ironically, they all live in a town called Nowhere. It all begins with a bully named Bo. Our hero (Gus) describes himself as a 13-year-old with the body of an 8-year-old and the brain of an 18-y......more

Goodreads review by Kelly

Bowling, Dusti. 24 Hours in Nowhere. (2018). Let me preface that when I picked this book up, I did not realize that it was by the same person who wrote the Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus. I am now a fan of Dusti Bowling based off these two stories about middle schoolers. 24 Hours takes......more