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The story of The West Baden Springs Hotel is much more than a simple tale of bricks and mortar. The information contained within includes not only the history of this magnificent building, but the stories of those people who made a dream become a reality and those who have experienced the dream.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
1160L
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English
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. A national bestseller in hardcover for more than a year after its initial publication, it has sold almost four million copies and has been translated into seventeen languages. For this elegant thirtieth anniversary hardcover edition, Brown has contributed an incisive...
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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In the most explosive season of Yellowstone yet, John Dutton and his family must protect their land from new and old enemies, led by Wall Street maverick Roarke. Threatened by betrayals, bad blood, and lucrative business deals, the Duttons form unexpected alliances and confront dangerous measures to safeguard their legacy. This season includes extended content and bonus features, making-of featurettes, behind the scenes clips, never-before-seen interviews...
6) Rango
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Rango, a kooky pet chameleon, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, a lawless outpost populated by the desert's most wily and whimsical creatures. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt, until he starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be.
8) Choke
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English
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Murder is not a spectator sport.Chuck Chandler has choked on more than one occasion--first as a pro tennis player at Wimbledon, then as a womanizing coach at posh tennis clubs around the country. Now at Key West's Old Racquet Club, Chuck gets involved with the wrong married woman--the enticing Clare Carras, married to an enigmatic older man--and soon he is in way over his head.Enter Tommy Sculley, a retired New York homicide detective who has just...
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Shiloh quartet volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1020L
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English
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"Sixth-grader Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor, Judd Travers, change his mean ways, even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst of him"--Title verso page.
10) Hostiles
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Follows the Dutton family, led by John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States, under constant attack by those it borders--land developers, an Indian reservation, and America's first National Park. It is an intense study of a violent world far from media scrutiny--where land grabs make developers billions, and politicians are bought and sold by the world's largest oil and lumber corporations. Where drinking water poisoned...
12) The Woman King
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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The remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a ferocity unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, it follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and prepares them for battle against an enemy determined to obliterate their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for.
13) The Oregon Trail
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 22
Lexile measure
1190L
Language
English
Description
In 1846, before he became the first great historian of the American frontier, Francis Parkman left his privileged Boston home to follow the Conestoga wagons of the pioneers making their way west along the Oregon Trail. It was a year of decision for America--and a year of high adventure for Parkman. This is a spirited account of his experiences on the Great Plains and along the Great Divide, as Parkman and two companions traveled the Oregon Trail as...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Who shot John Dutton? That's the burning question that left fans reeling in the explosive season three finale. Following the brutal attacks on Kayce, Beth, and John Dutton, and with their fates unknown, Rip and the other wranglers wield their own brand of justice to take revenge and defend the Dutton legacy. This season digs deeper than ever into the rich Yellowstone history with flashbacks featuring Tim McGraw and Faith Hill (stars of the Yellowstone...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
880L
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English
Description
Crispin Mayo was a reckless young brawler who'd left his tiny fishing village for the vast American frontier. Headed west to join a railroad construction crew, he came upon an isolated station--and a mystery.
17) The rabbit hutch
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"The automobile industry has abandoned Vacca Vale, Indiana, leaving the residents behind, too. In a run-down apartment building on the edge of town, commonly known as the Rabbit Hutch, a number of people now reside quietly, looking for ways to live in a dying city. Apartment C2 is lonely and detached. C6 is aging and stuck. C8 harbors an extraordinary fear. But C4 is of particular interest. Here live four teenagers who have recently aged out of the...
18) Midwest living
Pub. Date
c1987
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English
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Has supplement: Michigan travel ideas.
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Lexile measure
690L
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English
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Owen Chantry arrives at his brother Clive's ranch to find him murdered and two squatters occupying his cabin. The unlikely trio--and a beautiful stranger--soon find themselves in a deadly feud with Clive's killers, the Mowatt gang, who return in search of Clive's rumored buried treasure.
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Lutie McFee, 15, learned long ago to avoid attachments after the death of her mother and her father left her and her brother with Floy, his ex-girlfriend. There's not much to do in the god-forsaken town town of Spearfish, S.D., so Lutie shoplifts for kicks. When Floy drops dead on a shopping trip to Wal-Mart, the children face the choice of becoming wards of the state or finding their father. Choosing the latter, they discover how cruel and unfair...
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