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2) The way West
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English
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"An enormously entertaining classic, 'The way west' brings to life the adventure of western passage and the pioneer spirit. The sequel to 'The Big Sky', this celebrated novel charts a frontiersman's return to the untamed West in 1846. Dick Summers, as pilot of a wagon train, guides a group of settlers on the difficult journey from Missouri to Oregon"--Back cover.
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Wagon Train Matches volume 1 of 3
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English
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Spending five months eating trail dust wasn't Leo Spencer's first choice. Or his second. He's not one to run away, but some situations can't be fixed and his family--two brothers and a sister--needs to start over. Which is how he finds himself on a westbound wagon train. Evangeline has a secret, one that has sent her on a journey across the plains on the Oregon Trail. When her father is badly hurt and she needs help, Leo is there. A deal is struck...
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First mountain man series volume 1
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English
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The only man who can lead a wagon train through the last leg of the Oregon Trail, Preacher knows they're headed into renegade outlaws and bloodthirsty Indians. Somehow he has to get these pilgrims through safely - if he doesn't want to be buried along the trail with the rest of them...
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Go West young man volume 01
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English
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"Missouri, 1860. Rumors of war between the North and South are spreading across the land. In rural Greene County, many of the farmers are already choosing sides. But not John Zachary. His loyalties lie with his family first--and his heart is telling him to go west. Hoping to build a new life in the fertile valleys of Oregon, he convinces his best friend, Emmett Braxton, to pack up their families and join him on a wagon train across the Oregon Trail....
9) Koda
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Horse diaries volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
730L
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English
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Traveling with his owners from Missouri to Oregon in 1848, Koda, an energetic two-year-old quarter horse, finds the long journey increasingly tedious and tiring until his young owner goes missing on the trail and he must use all his skills to find her.
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Ranger in time volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
690L
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English
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Ranger, a golden retriever, could have been a great search-and-rescue-dog except for the squirrels--but one day he unearths a mysterious box and finds himself transported back to the year 1850 where his faithful service is really needed by a family traveling west along the Oregon Trail.
11) Mary's blessing
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McKenna's daughters volume 2
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English
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When Mary Lenora Murray was eleven years old, her mother and older sisters died of diptheria, leaving her with three younger siblings to raise. Her father, in his grief, poured himself into the farm, leaving the running of the home entirely to Mary. Then her childhood friend, Daniel begins to court her, promising her a life of riches and ease. But does Mary feel compelled to take care of her siblings at the risk of losing hope of a wonderful future...
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"Settling the American West required true grit, fortitude, and when necessary, shedding blood. It also required men like Preacher and MacCallister to enforce peace in a land where the law was scarce--and justice was delivered from the barrel of a gun... Wagon trains carrying immigrants along the Oregon Trail are falling prey to outlaws. Most families surrender their valuables and goods peacefully, but anybody brave enough to resist gets a bullet....
14) Westward hearts
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Kentucky, 1856 -- Elizabeth Martin has mourned her husband's death for three years, but now she feels ready to fulfill the dream they had shared -- to take their two children west. The dream becomes reality when her middle-aged parents and bachelor brother surprise her with the news that they want to go as well.
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Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
760L
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English
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In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
17) A trail untamed
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Wagon train matches volume 03
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English
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"August is a loner and prefers it that way. He only took the marriage wager to gain breathing room from his overbearing older brother. Besides, the wagon train still has a long journey before it reaches Oregon. Maybe he'll meet someone who turns his head. Felicity longs for love and family, someone to choose her above all. After a wagon train accident robs her of her voice and leaves her dependent on the kindness of strangers, she finds herself in...
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810L
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English
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"Westward Journeys contains stories focusing on the American westward expansion. Minnow and Rose: a girl on the Oregon Trail meets a native girl. Pappy's Handkerchief: an African-American family during the Oklahoma Land Run. A Book for Black-Eyed Susan: a girl facing tragedy on the Oregon Trail"--
20) The Oregon trail
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Trail drive series volume 9
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English
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"The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns--and the brains, brawn, and boldness to make the journey to Missouri, where further danger awaits ..."--Pg 4 of cover.
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