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IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
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810L
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"Wagon trains heading west were forced to defend themselves against Indians, cope with injuries and illness, and struggle to find food. The group of easterners Rock Bannon was scouting for faced another problem. They were being deceived. When he warned them to remain on the Humboldt Trail, Sharon Crockett and the others refused to listen. Mort Harper, a stranger riding a beautiful black mare, had dazzled them with his charm and good looks. The southern...
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My weirder-est school volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
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English
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When A.J. and his friends sign up for Beaver Scouts, they find that their scout leader, Miss Blake, is only interested in preparing them for emergency disasters.
3) Frontier
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They went searching for a dream. They found America.
The first in a trailblazing trilogy of the brave men and women who risked their lives to build a future in the untamed heart of the American frontier…
Fort Kearney, Nebraska, is the gateway to the west for a new breed of pioneers. Civil War veterans and widows, card sharps and Indian agents, and drifters-they arrive every day hoping to forge their destiny. Colonel Henry B. Carrington of the...
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Pee Wee Scouts volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
370L
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English
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Molly is anxious for their Pee Wee Scout meeting because today is the day the scout leader is going to show them how to bake cookies.
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Pee Wee Scouts volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
400L
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The Pee Wee Scouts celebrate help-a-Pet Month by visiting the animal shelter, having a rummage sale to raise money for the Shelter, and acquiring a new mascot.
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"Orphaned at the age of seven and adopted by the Indians, Jamie Ian MacCallister grew into a man more at ease in the wilderness than among men. But when the westward strike drove him across the Arkansas Territory into Texas, he finally found himself a home--in the middle of a bloody war. Texans like Jim Bowie and Sam Houston were waging a fierce struggle against Santa Anna's Mexican army, and Jamie MacCallister made the perfect scout for the fledgling...
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In this dual biography, McMurtry explores the lives, the legends, and above all the truth about two larger-than-life American figures. With his Wild West show, Buffalo Bill Cody helped invent the image of the West that still exists today--cowboys and Indians, rodeo, rough rides, sheriffs and outlaws, trick shooting, Stetsons, and buck-skin. His most celebrated protégée, the short, slight Annie Oakley--born Phoebe Ann Moses in Ohio--spent sixteen...
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From the Foreword: Scouts Out is a wide-ranging historical survey of theory, doctrine, organization, and employment of reconnaissance units since the era of mechanization in the early 20th century. Reconnaissance and counter reconnaissance are battlefield missions as old as military history itself and missions for which many armies have created specialized units to perform. In most cases, these units were trained, equipped, and used differently...
9) Frontier
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They went searching for a dream. They found America. The first in a trailblazing trilogy of the brave men and women who risked their lives to build a future in the untamed heart of the American frontier... Fort Kearney, Nebraska, is the gateway to the west for a new breed of pioneers. Civil War veterans and widows, card sharps and Indian agents, and drifters--they arrive every day hoping to forge their destiny. Colonel Henry B. Carrington of the U.S....
10) Grumpy pumpkins
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Pee Wee Scouts volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
400L
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Molly Duff looks forward to picking out a pumpkin and carving it into a jack-o'-lantern, but is uneasy about the Pee Wee Scouts having their party at the nursing home where her grandfather lives.
11) The deerslayer
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.2 - AR Pts: 44
Lexile measure
1340L
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English
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Natty Bumppo, a young white hunter brought up in the Delaware Indian tribe, has to defend settlers before returning to the Iroquois who have allowed him parole.
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2016
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All England cheered this modest American.
He acquired his scouting lore warring against Apaches in Arizona. After hunting gold in the Northwest and the Klondike he rode deep into the savage territory of Africa to slay the M'Limo, treacherous Matabele high priest. During the Boer War he performed many thrilling exploits as chief of Scouts. He was honored in the friendship of Lord Roberts, Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes, and Dr. Jameson and received...
He acquired his scouting lore warring against Apaches in Arizona. After hunting gold in the Northwest and the Klondike he rode deep into the savage territory of Africa to slay the M'Limo, treacherous Matabele high priest. During the Boer War he performed many thrilling exploits as chief of Scouts. He was honored in the friendship of Lord Roberts, Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes, and Dr. Jameson and received...
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Pee Wee Scouts volume 31
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
580L
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The Pee Wees take a trip to a museum and someone steals a valuable display.
14) To hell and gone
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Hunters volume 01
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"Orphaned in a massacre. Raised by Crow Indians. Destined to become a powerful hunter, a legendary scout, and a true American hero... As a widower with three young boys, Duncan Hunter dreamed of a new life for his sons in the heart of Washington Territory. But the journey was doomed from the start. Before reaching Hell Gate, their wagon train was attacked by Blackfoot Indians. Most of the pioneers were viciously murdered. But Hunter's son Cody survived--taken...
15) This old Bill
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His eyes had seen the glory—of the wild, wild, West...The life of Buffalo Bill Cody was as epic and exciting as the story of the West itself. Cowboy, Pony Express rider, Indian fighter, Union soldier, scout for General George Custer, slayer of Tall Bull and Yellow Hand—he saved Wild Bill Hickok's life, and beat the paths that made way for the railroad and the nation in America's rugged frontier.But now, in his final hours, old Bill Cody faces...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 15
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He was known as Deathwind to the Ohio Valley Indians, and now Lewis Wetzel must single-handedly save Fort Henry. Armed only with his long rifle and knife, he heads out on a one-man rampage to stop the bloody border wars, to face down Chief Wingenund, and to avenge the brutal missionary massacre at Village of Peace.
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In this captivating Western novel, a wagon train scout runs afoul of a band of Apaches, who are determined to hunt him down, no matter the cost. The scout, who they dub "Shadow," turns the tables, and the Apaches become the hunted, as well as the hunters. This suspenseful tale captures the dust and grit of the trail and the fear and danger that faced both emigrants and native peoples during the uncivilized days of the Old West.
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This biographical novel about the life of Kit Carson-frontiersman, fur trapper, Army scout and later military officer, and always a trusted friend to the Indian nations-focuses primarily on the seventeen years from 1831 to 1848 when Carson was among the foremost of the men engaged in war.
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