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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
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To the ranchers and farmers of 1950s Texas, man's biggest enemy is one he can't control. With their entire livelihood pegged on the chance of a wet year or a dry year, drought has the ability to crush their whole enterprise, to determine who stands and who falls, and to take food out of the mouths of the workers and their families. To Charlie Flagg, an honest, decent, and cantankerous rancher, the drought of the early 1950s is a foe that he must fight...
2) Tough hand
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Jim Sullivan never expected to land in the middle of a range war when he fell for beautiful Troy Manders. But Troy was out to destroy the swindling no-gooders who had stolen her father's land, and she had gathered a hard-fisted crew of murderous outlaws to help her. With the smell of acrid gunsmoke dogging his every step, Sullivan took a gamble and cast his lot with the desperadoes. The odds stacked against him, he would need a keen eye and a fast...
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California dancehall girl Rory O'Grady dreams of buying a home of her own, but she can't help feeling guilty when her con-artist father steals the map to a gold mine from a handsome stranger. And when Garth Fraser discovers the theft and follows Rory and her father to the mine, he makes it plain that he's not the type of man to give up on anything he wants -- whether it's a windfall or a woman.The last thing Garth wants to do is team up with the spirited...
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[1991]
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In the 1870s Brandon Wade is driving a herd of longhorns over the Chisholm Trail when a youth appears out of nowhere riding a magnificent black stallion and packing a deadly looking six-gun. In need of trail hands, Brandon hires the young man. Not until weeks later, during the middle of a terrible stampede, does Brandon learn that his young sharpshooter is a beautiful woman. A woman full of fire and passion whom he burns to possess. A woman steeped...
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;The McCoys Before the feud volume 4
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[2021].
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Murderous, thieving guides, Indians attack and the Pinkerton's growing advances make life hard for the McCoys trying to get to the gold fields, teaching them--life is much more than gold. The McCoys were panicked about the Pinkerton's heading back to their ranch. Most of them decided to take their share of the spoils and head for places where gold had been discovered. the Pinkertons are trying to work back to the point of origin of the missing gold...
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