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Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder volume 2
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In 1905, Laura's assignment to write an article for the Mansfield, Missouri, newspaper about the new school teacher leads her to start an unpopular crusade to get the farm children into school.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Laura, Almzanzo, and Rose say good-bye to Ma and Pa Ingalls and Laura's sisters. In a covered wagon containing all their possessions, they make their wayacross the drought-stricken Midwest to the lush greenvalleys of southern Missouri.
4) The big sky
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Western saga (A.B. Guthrie, Jr.) volume 1
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A legend before he turned 20, Boone Caudill was a powerful White Savage that only one woman, the beautiful daughter of a Blackfoot chief, would dare to love.
10) Good neighbors
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Series
Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder volume 3
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In Mansfield, Missouri, during the harsh winter of 1905, Laura, her family, and her neighbors help each other survive and discover the true meaning of Christmas.
12) Cheyenne raiders
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With his new position at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Thomas McCabe slowly wins acceptance by the Cheyenne until he falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful, but betrothed, Night Bird Woman. Determined to marry her, he must first prove himself to the tribe.
Author
Series
Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder volume 4
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Description
While life goes on in Mansfield, Missouri, Laura agrees to help her elderly father fulfill his dream of returning to their former home on the Kansas prairie.
Author
Series
Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder volume 1
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In 1884, when Laura, Manly, and their daughter Rose come from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, looking for a better life, Laura's outspoken articles against a local timberman cause some problems.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
While Kansas and Missouri clash in fierce battle over slavery, the Hartmans learn that blood is not thicker than water. They are compelled to choose sides in a conflict so overwhelming it threatens to unravel their family ties. Before the war ends, family members will die, others will vow revenge, traitors will reveal themselves -- and one Hartman will decide whether to expose a plot that could tip the balance of the war. There would be no turning...
16) The renegades
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Series
Borderland trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Will Harman's bold clan had come west to build new lives, but they had quickly divided. When the strong and spirited family members stake their claims in the untamed land, their lives take different paths. One will find passion and financial success, while two join the Jesse James gang and another will lead the posse that goes gunning for the outlaws. All will be blinded by hate and as rage and vindictiveness dissolve the family's plans, each member...
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Series
Little house chapter books. Rose volume 5
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After moving from South Dakota, Rose Wilder eventually makes friends, proves herself to be the best speller in her class, and copes with a difficult teacher at her new Missouri school.
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Jake Ransom, man of the mountains volume 1
Luke Ransom man of the mountains volume 1
Jake Ransom man of the mountains volume 1
Luke Ransom man of the mountains volume 1
Jake Ransom man of the mountains volume 1
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"Luke Ransom was just eighteen years old when he answered an ad in a St. Louis newspaper that would change his life forever. The American Fur Company needed one-hundred enterprising men to travel up the Missouri River -- the longest in North America -- all the way to its source. They would hunt and trap furs for one, two, or three years. Along the way, they would face unimaginable hardships: grueling weather, wild animals, hunger, exhaustion, and...
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Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Fannie is traveling west to uncover the truth behind a family secret. Samuel is on a mission to atone for past failures that still haunt him. Their meeting aboard a steamboat headed to Montana sparks an unlikely attraction. Will the end of their journey bring the end of their relationship--or is it just the beginning?
20) The ghost rifle
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Pub. Date
2021.
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"Descended from a long line of ramblers and rogues, Jack Picaro came to America to seek his fortune. But after killing his best friend in a drunken duel, the apprentice gunsmith flees westward, leaving everything he knows behind. As Jack ventures up the Missouri River, he finds an unspoiled land where a man can live free - and also be attacked by an Arikara war party. His rifle stolen in the bloody skirmish, Jack sets out alone to reclaim it. His...