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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 32
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HL 540L
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"The Last of the Mohicans is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. During this war, both the French and the British used Native American allies, but the French were particularly dependent, as they were outnumbered in the Northeast frontier areas by the more numerous British colonists. The novel is primarily set in the upper New York wilderness, detailing...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 32
Lexile measure
1350L
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While guiding a small party of English settlers to the protection of a fort during the French and Indian War, Hawkeye, a frontier scout, and his two Indian friends, the remaining braves of the Mohican tribe, struggle against the evils of Uncas who desires a white maiden for his wife.
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Western writer Jim R. Woolard's classic award-winning debut still rides hard and fires point blank from all barrels . . .
Bitter experience has taught Matthan Hannar wound his way upriver, avoiding settlers that wanted to hang him, and Indians seeking fresh scalps. When he spied Zelda Shaw struggling for her life with a Shawnee brave, he could stay hidden no longer. But saving her life meant two people had to be protected from the cold,...
Bitter experience has taught Matthan Hannar wound his way upriver, avoiding settlers that wanted to hang him, and Indians seeking fresh scalps. When he spied Zelda Shaw struggling for her life with a Shawnee brave, he could stay hidden no longer. But saving her life meant two people had to be protected from the cold,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
900L
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English
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This is the concluding volume of the saga of Barnabus Sackett, patriarch of that family. He returns to England, where he learns of an order for his arrest. The gold coins he found in Sackett's land are thought to be the royal treasure King John lost in the Wash during the time of the Crusades. After encountering some old friends and enemies from the previous book, he returns to America with Abigail, his new bride. He establishes a community between...
5) Bad hombres
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Slash and Pecos volume 6
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English
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"He blew into town like a tornado -- a mysterious stranger with money to burn and a sadistic streak as wide as the Rio Grande. He says his name is Benson and he's come to invest in the town's future. First, he showers the banks and local businesses with cash. Then, he hires a pair of drunks to fight and get arrested so he can check out the local lawmen. After that, he warms up to a lady of the evening -- with deadly results. That's just the beginning....
6) The prairie
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The Prairie marks the final chapter in James Fenimore Cooper’s great saga of American frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Though nearly ninety in 1804, Bumppo, now on the Great Plains, is still a competent frontiersman and trapper. Once more he is drawn into conflict with society in the form of an emigrant party led by the surly Ishmael Bush and his miscreant brother-in-law, Abiram White. And once again, this great man of nature is called upon to exhibit...
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Smoke Jensen novels volume 4
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English
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Before he became known as The Last Mountain Man, Smoke Jensen and his bride Sally were hardworking ranchers on the Colorado frontier, when times were hard, tensions were high, and guns were the law...
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2023.
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Building a branch takes heart and grit, and Smoke and Sally Jensen are capable of meeting the challenges of the land. When Smoke learns his old friend Preacher has been ambushed by outlaws, he saddles up and hits the vengeance trail with fellow mountain men Audie and Nighthawk. The town of Desolation Creek in Montana Territory has been taken over by Vernon "Venom" McFadden and his men, harassing terrified homesteaders and townfolk to get his hands...
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Vengeance road volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 810L
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English
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Ten years after the events of Vengeance Road, Reece Murphy, who has been forced to join the Rose Riders gang, must work with aspiring journalist Charlotte Vaughn to get free.
10) Vengeance road
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Vengeance road volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"When her father is killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious journal that reveals the secret location of a gold mine, eighteen-year-old Kate Thompson disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers--and justice"--
11) Sons of thunder
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Slash and Pecos volume 5
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English
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It sounds like an easy job: track down the lady friend of notorious outlaw Duke Winter and bring her in for questioning. There's just one problem: Slash and Pecos have never met a woman like Miss Fannie Diamond, a glamorous showgirl who's prettier than a French poodle, slicker than a Dodge City gambler, and more slippery than a Mojave rattlesnake. She knows that Slash and Pecos are coming for her and has no intention of being caught--not without one...
12) Lone Star legacy
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Forever Texas volume 2
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English
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"South Texas, 1854. Regis Royle is determined to turn eighteen-thousand acres of raw prairie into the greatest cattle ranch in the world. But he can't do it alone. The region is wilder than a herd of mustangs--and crawling with rustlers. Teaming up with the Cattlemen's Justice Consortium, Regis hopes to stop the rustling and start laying tracks for a new railway. Problem is, the cattlemen--including Jarvis "Bone" McGraw, Regis's own ranch manager--can't...
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Jake Ransom, man of the mountains volume 1
Luke Ransom man of the mountains volume 1
To the river's end volume 01
Jake Ransom man of the mountains volume 01
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Luke Ransom man of the mountains volume 1
To the river's end volume 01
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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 hostile...
14) Blue horizon
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Courtney novels volume 11
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English
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A powerful enemy. A land of second chances. Jim Courtney is protected by all the wealth and influence that his family's successful business, the Courtney Brothers Trading Company, can provide in the Dutch-owned colonies of South Africa. Louisa Leuven is an orphaned young woman who escaped the plague only to be unjustly imprisoned and transported to the Cape. When a storm destroys her prison ship, Jim is her only hope of escape. But Louise and Jim...
15) Sackett's land
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
820L
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English
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This is the first half of the story of Barnabus, the patriarch of the Sackett clan, and his migration to North America in 1600. His saga begins when he discovers a purse of gold coins in the mud of Devil's Dyke in Finland. On the run from English authorities, he meets and marries Abigail Tempany, the daughter of a sea captain. Nick Bardle, the master of a merchant vessel, the Jolly Jack, is half pirate, ready to take any advantage of any activity...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
850L
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English
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Due to a misunderstanding over her involvement in a botched robbery, Maude, with younger sister Sallie, hides out at the home of an uncle, but when she is discovered and arrested, the orphaned sisters flee, trying to clear Maude's name.
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"In this second volume, Beau L'Amour examines how his father made the transition from struggling pulp writer to successful novelist and uses his father's notes, journal entries, and correspondence to continue the process of seeking out how and why many of these never-before-seen manuscripts were written as well as speculating about the ways they might have ended. These selections include the beginnings of a post-apocalyptic science fiction tale,...
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Great western edition volume 25
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English
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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872-October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his bestselling book. The success of Grey's The Lone Star Ranger (the novel was adapted into four movies: 1914, 1919, 1930, and 1942, and a comic book in 1949) and King of the...
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"Deadwood, South Dakota. Miners flock there seeking fortunes, while cardsharps, bandits, and businessmen seek to deprive those who strike gold by means fair and foul. Legendary former lawman Seth Bullock plans to keep the peace by any means necessary -- especially when his good friend, President Theodore Roosevelt, is expected in town to celebrate the anniversary of Deadwood's founding. Delayed in Washington, the President has sent his wife and children...
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Ben Savage saloon ranger western volume 03
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"There's a new stranger in town, and he goes by the name of Lucas Blaine. Some folks say he's the fastest gun in the West. But Ben Savage don't put much stock in what folks say--until the killing starts. So far, Blaine has his sights set on just one target: a pretty widow who's staying with the wife of a Baptist preacher. No one knows what the connection is between the two, but the local sheriff isn't taking any chances. In the past, he's relied on...
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