《寻找毛乌素：中国沙漠的绿色传奇》以报告文学的体裁，讲述了一部毛乌素沙地的自然生态变迁史，反映了鄂尔多斯市乌审旗人民几十年治理沙漠建设绿色乌审的历程。十万乌审儿女用生命、汗水、智慧以及丰富的想象力、卓越的创造力，还有渴求现代美好生活的激情，书写了毛乌素沙漠的绿色传奇。作品直面荒漠化治理的重大世界性课题，触及了当代中国经济发展与生态保护的关系问题，能够引发人们的深度思考。

IntroductionChapter One My Hometown with Eagles Circling on Grey Sand Dunes ------1 I. The Mu Us Desert, the Yellow River, and the Wuding River ------2 II. My Past Experience in the Mu Us Desert (1) ------5 III. My Past Experience in the Mu Us Desert (2) ------10 IV. Nairobi Action Plan and Uxin Ju ------18 V. Sheep Were Eating Sheep in the Desert? ------20 VI. Qian Xuesen and Boroldai ------23 Chapter Two The Mu Us Desert, a Cloud Moving Further Away ------29 I. Traveling in an “Atypical Desert” ------30 II. A Golf Course Built on the Sand Dunes ------35 III. Really? Why Did the Desert with High Sand Dunes Disappear? ------38IV. “We Are Paid Only 140 Yuan a Day, While those Working Next Door Are Paid 160 Yuan!” ------41Chapter Three The Shepherds’ Dream in the Misty Distance ------47 I. A “Chinese Incisor” in ?ir-a usu ------48 II. A Personality from Uxin Banner ------57 III. The Origin of Mongolians on the Mu Us Desert ------62 IV. Clouds in the High Blue Sky ------71 Chapter Four The Sweetest Scent of the Grassland: The Rose that Blooms in May ------85 I. Boroldai Says in Emotion, “Luckiness! Uxin Ju People’s Luckiness!” ------86 II. Yin Yuzhen: Rather Die of Exhaustion from Sand Control than Be “Bullied” by the Sand to Death ------94 III. Women Who Combat the Desert ------112 Chapter Five The Steeds Darting across the Waves of Grass like Arrows, Neighing Loudly on the Road ------131 I. “I Am Not Going Anywhere, ?ootai Gaqaa Is My Beijing” ------132II. Debut of the Desertification-Controlling Representatives ------142 III. ünir Craving Air-Dried Meat ------152 IV. A Coal Mine or a Park? ------157 V. How Are Sand Willows Low Carbon? It’s Good for Boiling Tea! ------161 Epilogue Thinking of Guo Xiaochuan ------175