What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

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SOLVED. Boy gets stuck on a platform in the desert. [s]
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Madison
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May 26, 2010 01:35PM

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"dust storm" windmill legs broken
Swarthout, Glendon Fred, and Kathryn Swarthout. Whichaway. Flagstaff, AZ: Rising Moon, 1997. Set in Arizona in 1920, this novel follows a young boy who is stranded on top of a windmill with two broken legs after a dust storm. Left to die, he ponders his mortality and searches for a way to save his life.
Whichaway by Glendon Fred Swarthout - 1997
Fifteen-year-old Whichaway, son of a stone-faced Arizona rancher, legs broken in an accident atop a windmill, struggles to survive after cattle rustlers have left him to die.
Stranded atop a windmill, far from civilization, with both legs broken, a young ranch boy must struggle for survival. Left behind by cattle rustlers to die, two days pass as the boy contemplates his mortality.
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The last time the OP was active was in 2011. I did send her a PM telling her that a possible title has been suggested. If she doesn't respond in a day or two, I vote for moving this down to possibly solved.