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1) Ruth
Author
Language
English
Description
Spunky, young Ruth Priggish is on the run from an eighty-year-old suitor. Faced with the prospect of marriage to the persistent old codger, Ruth throws caution to the wind and heads for Wyoming Territory, where freedom and independence await. Her only hope is to seek help from an unwilling protector: Dylan McCall. U.S. Marshall Dylan McCall is trying desperately to get to Wyoming before winter sets in. But when he finds himself saddled with a stubborn...
Author
Series
Women of the West (Janette Oke) volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Well-known and loved storyteller Janet Oke presents a beautifully told tale in her best tradition. With both anticipation and anxiety, Donnigan, a man surviving on the Western frontier alone, and Kathleen, a young girl thousands of miles away with limited prospects of finding a husband and stirrings of adventure in her heart, are at last united to begin their lives together.
3) Patience
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Series
Language
English
Description
Patience Smith's life takes an unexpected turn when she is kidnapped and taken into the Colorado mountains where she eventually is able to escape her abductors.
Author
Series
Yukon quest volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Alaska in the late 1800s: Presumed dead, Miranda Colton finds herself in the care of a native Alaskan and English botanist Teddy Davenport, who's studying the Alaskan frontier. Miranda longs to find her friends and continue north, even as a friendship with Teddy blossoms. Then the menacing force from her past returns . . .
Author
Series
Women of the West (Janette Oke) volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Berta has spent much of her life striving to be the opposite of her adorable sister, Glenna. As Glenna grows into a vivacious and outgoing young wife and mother, Berta carefully molds herself into a prim spinster and dependable member of her family. But her aloofness and pride must exact a price. Soon, Berta will need to examine her soul for the true motives at work in her heart.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
With over ten million books sold, Janet Oke's charming stories of triumphant women of the West have touched the hearts and minds of readers everywhere. When young Kendra, an orphan living with her Indian grandmother and trapper grandfather in the wilds, is sent away for schooling, she must make some very difficult choices about her future.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
"Having survived the harshness of their first year in the far Northwest, Elizabeth and Wynn, her Royal Canadian Mountie, are now challenged by a crushing disappointment. Will their love for each other, hope for the future, and their faith in God carry them through?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Change and cherish volume 2
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Emma Giesy, a strong-willed German American, believes her young family will thrive in the light of their newfound freedom after she and her husband branch off from their repressive religious community in 1856; she struggles to keep her children secure in the remote Washington Territory. [LARGE PRINT READING]
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
To save herself from an arranged marriage, Grace Hawkins forsakes her affluent upbringing and forges a daring plan. For Peter Colton, the Alaska gold rush is an opportunity to establish his fledgling shipping business--and to meet Grace, who has purchased passage north.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth, the lovely young eastern schoolteacher, has braved the western frontier and spent a year teaching in a one-room schoolhouse. Now she and Wynn, her Royal Canadian Mountie, are planning their wedding and their new life together at his outpost in the far north.
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