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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
860L
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English
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Barnabus Pike is no gunfighter and not much of a street fighter. Eddie Holt is a black boxer in a white man's world. They've both taken their share of hard knocks. Now they're looking to survive a brutal winter in a remote Montana line shack, collect their pay, and settle down for good. Then they cross paths with a hardworking Irish immigrant and his beautiful, spirited sister, who've been burned off their land. It's a fight Pike and Holt don't want,...
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Account of an 1882 cattle drive from Texas to the Blackfoot Agency in Montana.THE LOG OF A COWBOY, published in 1903 is one man?s reaction to the dime novel depictions of cowboy life that so distorted its true nature. Andy Adams had, by that time, spent ten years living that life. This fictionalized account of a trail drive from the southern tip of Texas to Montana on the Great Western Cattle Trail set the record straight. THE LOG OF A COWBOY has...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Set in 1885, The Ox-Bow Incident is a searing and realistic portrait of frontier life and mob violence in the American West. First published in 1940, it focuses on the lynching of three innocent men and the tragedy that ensues when law and order are abandoned. The result is an emotionally powerful, vivid, and unforgettable re-creation of the Western novel, which Clark transmuted into a universal story about good and evil, individual and community,...
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James Goodenough, whose family had originally settled in Connecticut from England brings his family to Ohio to carve out a new life for them in the Black Swamp in 1838. As swamp fever gradually picks off their children and they wrestle daily with survival. This course will see their family engulfed in tragedy and fifteen years later we pick up with their youngest son, Robert who has been running west since the trying to escape his memories of what...
8) Old Yeller
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
In the rugged landscape of early frontier Texas, fourteen-year-old Travis is faced with taking over his family's farm and making a painful, important decision.
10) To tame a land
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
By the time he was twenty, Rye Tyler had killed ten men. He had come west in a wagon train, seen the Indians kill his family and been left on his own in a harsh and wild country. From that brutal lesson Rye learned the harsh law of survival: the only friends he could trust were his rifle and his .44. His skill not only kept him alive, it made him a man to be feared. Then Rye met Liza, and there was a bright new light in his life -- a light a ruthless...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
"Laura and her family are headed to the Dakota Territory for a chance to own their own land -- and stop moving. The new town of De Smet is filling up with settlers lured west by the promise of free land, and the Ingalls family must do whatever it takes to defend their claim"--Page 4 of cover.
14) Shane
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1889, a mysterious and charismatic man rides into a small Wyoming valley, where he joins homesteaders who take a stand against a bullying cattle rancher, and where he changes the lives of a young boy and his parents.
15) A lost lady
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"Written from the perspective of a male narrator, Willa Cather's classic novel is an American version of "Madame Bovary". It is a portrait of a talented woman trapped in the conventions and economic restraints of a marriage. It is the story of a woman who defies expectations, and whose personal changes coincide with the transforming American Frontier. In this work, Willa Cather expressed her profoundly modern feminist views in the life of an ordinary...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
850L
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English
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"The long winter is finally over, and with spring comes a new job for Laura, town parties, and more time to spend with Almanzo Wilder. Laura also tries to help Ma and Pa save money for Mary to go to college"--P. [4] of cover.
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Series
Little house books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
"Laura Ingalls and her family live deep in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Their log cabin is surrounded by miles of trees, and their closest neighbors are bears, wolves, and panthers. Daily chores keep Laura and her sister Mary busy, but they still find time to go exploring with their dog, Jack"--P. [4] of cover.
18) The long winter
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Little house books volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
"The town of De Smet is hit with terrible, howling blizzards and Laura and her family must ration their food and coal. When the supply train doesn't arrive, Almanzo Wilder and his brother realize something must be done. They begin an impossible journey in search of provisions, before it's too late"--P. [4] of cover.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
760L
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English
Description
"Laura Ingalls is heading west! The Ingalls family packs up their covere wagon and sets off for the big skies of the Kansas Territory, where wide open land stretches as far as the eye can see. Just when they begin to feel settled, they are caught in the middle of a dangerous conflict"--Page 4 of cover.
20) Treasured grace
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Grace Martindale has known more than her share of hardship. After her parents died, raising her two younger sisters became her responsibility. A hasty marriage to a minister who is heading to the untamed West seemed like an opportunity for a fresh start, but a cholera outbreak along the wagon trail has left Grace a widow in a very precarious position. Having learned natural remedies and midwifery from her mother, Grace seeks an opportunity to use...