The Secret Explorers: The Desert Disappearance

Ages 7 to 9, Grades 2 to 4

Meet the Secret Explorers! Children will be inspired to discover the world with these character-driven adventure stories for children ages 7 to 9 years old.

Learn all about life in the desert in this nature themed installment of DK Books’ new educational fiction series for children.

Meet the Secret Explorers—a band of brainy kids from all around the world. Everyone in this diverse group of young experts has a specialty, from outer space to dinosaurs, and each story follows a character who gets chosen for a “secret exploration.” In this fun, fact-filled installment, Leah the biology explorer and Connor the marine expert set off into the Mexican desert and have to rescue a pack of wolf cubs while avoiding dust storms!

Let’s explore!

With a gripping narrative that keeps kids engaged, The Secret Explorers and the Desert Disappearance is the perfect book for children who are into all things nature. It’s written for children ages 7-9 years, with lots of information about desert life.

At the end of this fictional book, you’ll find “Leah’s Mission Notes” which is a summary of the scientific facts and discoveries made throughout the story. With fun illustrations, quizzes, and a glossary, the educational value of this book is outstanding and great for a classroom read!

Series Overview: Get Ready to join the Secret Explorers Club The Secret Explorers series is a reminder to kids that they are limited only by their imagination, and it teaches them that learning is fun! But most of all, these educational books encourage children to believe they can become experts in anything they love. This edge-of-your-seat adventure book for kids is packed with: Fun facts and illustrations about desert lifeSimple and informative diagrams telling kids all they need to know about dust stormsQuizzes, mission notes, and a glossary of words with definitions Complete the series Each book in the series combines exciting adventures with real-life facts related to the Secret Explorers’ latest fictional mission. Don't miss out on more secret explorations! Take on an out-of-this-world mission in The Secret Explorers and the Comet Collision.Travel back in time to save a dinosaur egg from destruction in The Secret Explorers and the Jurassic Rescue. Set out on a journey to stop the Cairo Museum from closing down in The Secret Explorers and the Tomb Robbers. Take a trip up an erupting volcano in The Secret Explorers and the Smoking Volcano. Travel to the arctic for a rescue mission in Secret Explorers and the Missing Scientist. Visit the forests of North Carolina to save a species of endangered plant in The Secret Explorers and the Plant Poachers. Blast off to the moon in The Secret Explorers and the Moon Mission.Solve a spooky mystery in The Secret Explorers and the Haunted Castle.

About the Author

SJ King loves museums, libraries, and building machines from scrap. King can usually be found exploring—from investigating tiny bugs, to trekking up enormous mountains.