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"Black Bart is widely regarded today as not only the most notorious stage robber of the Old West but also the best behaved. Over his lifetime, Black Bart held up at least twenty-nine stagecoaches in California and Oregon with mild, polite commands, stealing from Wells Fargo and the US mail but never robbing a passenger. Such behavior earned him the title of a true 'gentleman bandit.' His real name was Charles E. Boles, and in the public eye, Charles...
82) Bonnie & Clyde
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Based on the true story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who became two of the most infamous bank robbers during the Great Depression.
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Secrets of Droon. Main series volume 29
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
650L
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English
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Eric, Julie, and Neal set out to find Princess Keeah, who has been kidnapped by Ving, the leader of the Hawk Bandits, and his sister Ming, the leader of the Hawk Pirates, who want to build the deadly city of Mokarto and need the young girl to tell them where the last Droon's magical stone can be found.
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Evie Baker, storyteller, yearns for adventure, so she ventures into the Old Forest hoping to catch a Fel and compel it to use its magic to grant her wish; instead she stumbles into a nest of robbers and has to be rescued by the Queen's Guard--but maybe it is the start of a dangerous adventure because she and her new friend Max, a Guard messenger, have stumbled unto a conspiracy.
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"He was a mystery among frontier bandits- a masked gunman who never showed his true face or spoke in his honest voice. A loner by design, The Whisperer held that it was foolishness for a man to have a partner in crime if he hoped to ride free. But a gent who played a lone hand would never make a big killing. So The Whisperer decided to do something either wildly desperate or extremely clever. He planned a spree of daring robberies that would make...
87) Three Amigos!
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The Three Amigos, a silent screen comedy act, arrive in a remote Mexican hamlet for what they think is a lucrative personal appearance, only to discover that they are expected to save the village from a terrorizing gang of bandits.
88) Sniff a skunk!
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Good crooks volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
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English
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Unlike their thieving parents, ten-year-old twins Billy and Jillian Crook like to do good deeds, including rescuing a baby skunk. Features activities.
89) Vengeance road
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Series
Vengeance road volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
Description
"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"--
90) Mask of shadows
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Series
Mask of shadows duology volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 690L
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English
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The gender fluid thief Sal Leon enters a competition to become a replacement member of the Left Hand--a quartet of the Queen's personal assassins--but must first survive the training and the contests while putting the reason for auditioning into motion--revenge.
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It's time for the St. White festival, and Daisuke has been so busy working on the festival committee that he's forgotten to get a present for his beloved Risa. His mother, in her infinite generosity, forces Daisuke to take a simple white ribbon as a gift. Unbeknownst to Daisuke, there's a story going around that if a boy gives a white ribbon to a girl and ties it for her on St. White, they will fall in love forever...
Rated: T
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When Yakima Henry leaves his remote cabin on Mount Bailey for supplies, he rides right into the middle of a deadly battle between the Saber Creek townsfolk and the Thunder Riders, a vicious gang of stagecoach robbers who steal his horse and kidnap a beautiful saloon girl.
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Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Two thieves, caught stealing from an Egyptian market, are brought before the Cat Pharaoh, who agrees to pardon them if they bring back a treasure that was stolen from her, without taking anything else and without getting the precious Jewel Fish wet.
95) Hyenas
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Series
Hap Collins and Leonard Pine novels volume 9
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
Description
Roughneck buddies Hap Collins and Leonard Pine befriend a hapless fellow whose younger, weaker brother has fallen in with extremely bad company--he's just joined a gang of bank robbers whose leader is used to increasing his own share of the loot by killing the other gang members. Also includes "The Boy Who Became Invisible," a story Hap tells about something he witnessed years before.
97) Bad River
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"Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is back-and hot on the trail of the worst desperados in two countries Following a tip from a prisoner in Yuma Penitentiary, Ranger Sam Burrack is riding to the Mexican Valley to hunt down the Cowboy Gang, notorious bandits who have topped the Most Wanted list for the past year. The crooks have fled to Rio Malo and settled in under the protection of corrupt town officials. Now, with new recruits including the infamous Russian...
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Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
In the "wild west" of an 1880s California gold-mining town, Angeline investigates the supposed murder of her father, a famous criminal lawyer, who she and her mother are certain is still alive. Includes historical notes and instructions for making a mask from muslin.
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Stitch in time (Kelley Armstrong) volume 4
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English
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"Portia Hastings has spent her life rescuing her younger sister from one scrape or another. Now, she has to step through time to do it, following Miranda from the nineteenth century to the eighteenth. Almost immediately, Portia is beset by highwaymen, which might be the most exciting thing to happen to her in a long time, even if she'd never admit it. When one of the highwaymen is injured, Portia makes the inexcusable mistake of helping him--she...
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
When Sal drives a stagecoach alone for the first time to pick up and deliver mail, her mother is afraid she will meet local outlaw Poetic Pete, but Sal not only excels at roping, riding, and shooting, she is also an excellent singer.
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