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2) Matagorda
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Tap Duvarney lost his innocence in the War Between the States and then put his skills to the test as a soldier in the frontier army. Now, leaving behind a devoted fiancée, he is trying to make his fortune on the Texas coast, working a ranch as the partner of his old friend Tom Kittery—and finding himself in the middle of a feud between Kittery and the neighboring Munson family. Around Matagorda Island, most people are either backing the...
Author
Publisher
Creative Education; distributed by Childrens Press, Chicago
Pub. Date
1973, c1974]
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the Oglala Sioux leader whose resistance to the Army's attempt to move his people to a reservation resulted in Custer's defeat at Little Bighorn and his own premature death.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When his wild black stallion revolts against the routine and schedule of stable life, becoming a killer and a threat, a plane crash thwarts Alec's plans to give the Black a free run in the desert and brings danger to both boy and horse.
Author
Publisher
Dawn Publications
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A picture book adaptation of the song written by Jim Connor, and made popular by John Denver, which celebrates the fun of visiting grandmother's house. Includes facts about Connor and Denver, their grandparents, and their music.
Author
Series
Big Nate volume 2
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
2021, c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Nate thinks things can't get any worse when his least favorite teacher pairs him up with Gina for a class project, but then Gina ends up on his fleeceball team, right when he's set to win his first championship ever.
8) War! what is it good for?: Black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq
Author
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
9) Teardrop
Author
Series
Teardrop volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Since Eureka's mother drowned, she wishes she were dead too, but after discovering that an ancient book is more than a story Eureka begins to believe that Ander is right about her being involved in strange things--and in grave danger.
10) Finding Mercy
Author
Series
Publisher
David C Cook
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"When Mercy abandons Captain Elijah Hale to search for her true identity, he goes after her. With the threat that bounty hunters might be hot on her trail, Mercy does all she can to stay ahead of the danger, frustrating both the bad men who are after her -- and Captain Hale who wants to find her and escort her safely home. But when she stumbles upon clues that help her learn who she is and where she's from, the danger escalates and she has to learn...
Author
Series
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Warren has the opportunity to live with a female roommate, he instantly agrees. It could be an exciting change. Or maybe not. Especially when that roommate is the cold and seemingly calculating Bridgette. Tensions run high and tempers flare as the two can hardly stand to be in the same room together. But Warren has a theory about Bridgette: anyone who can hate with that much passion should also have the capability to love with that much passion....
12) The guilty
Author
Series
Will Robie volume 4
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Will Robie escaped his small Gulf Coast hometown of Cantrell, Mississippi after high school, severing all personal ties, and never looked back. Not once. Not until the unimaginable occurs. His father, Dan Robie, has been arrested and charged with murder. Father and son haven't spoken or seen each other since the day Robie left town. In that time, Dan Robie -- a local attorney and pillar of the community -- has been elected town judge. Despite this,...
Author
Series
Culper ring volume 3
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Following The Inner Circle and The Fifth Assassin, Brad Meltzer returns with the next novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Culper Ring series. Beecher White makes an alarming discovery on the White House grounds: there is a severed arm buried in the Rose Garden. As he investigates, he realizes it's a message one that may have dire repercussions for the President. Even worse, the message turns Beecher's personal life upside down, pointing him...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"In Kenny Wright's active imagination he's a world famous superhero, but in the real world he's a sixth grade "Grandma's Boy" whose struggles to fit in at his Washington D.C. inner city school will put his grades and family loyalty to the test"--
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The legendary exploits of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly live on in the public imaginations of their respective countries, the United States and Australia. But the outlaws' reputations are so mythologized, the truth of their lives has become obscure. In Wanted, Robert M. Utley reveals the true stories and parallel courses of the two notorious contemporaries who lived by the gun, were executed while still in their twenties, and remain compelling figures...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
""Amelia had turned out to be one colossal nuisance. And the last thing Captain Morgan Kane needed was another headache." The three wily and beautiful McDougal sisters can swindle a man in less time than it takes to lasso a calf. But their luck is running out, and they're about to be hauled off to jail. When the wagon carrying them falls under attack, each sister is picked up by a different man. Fortunately for Amelia, she finds herself hanging on...
18) The fix
Author
Series
Amos Decker volume 3
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Amos Decker witnesses a murder just outside FBI headquarters. A man shoots a woman execution-style on a crowded sidewalk, then turns the gun on himself. Even with Decker's extraordinary powers of observation and deduction, the killing is baffling. Decker and his team can find absolutely no connection between the shooter--a family man with a successful consulting business--and his victim, a schoolteacher. Nor is there a hint of any possible motive...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Raise one last glass with the Quinn Family at the Winter Street Inn. It's been too long since the entire Quinn family has been able to celebrate the holidays under the same roof, but that's about to change. With Bart back safe and sound from Afghanistan, the Quinns are preparing for a holiday more joyous than any they've experienced in years. And Bart's safe return isn't the family's only good news: Kevin is enjoying married life with Isabelle; Patrick...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"What do diggers and tractors and forklifts and tankers do to get ready for the holidays? The same things your family does! From trimming the tree and singing carols to gathering gifts and putting out milk and cookies for Santa, Christmastime for the beloved vehicles of Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? looks a lot like yours. Even Zambonis celebrate . . . on ice! Enjoy the rollicking rhymes as you watch the truck families prepare for Santa and even...
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