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The Virginian is a 1902 debut novel set in the Wild West by the American novelist Owen Wister. Describing the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch in Wyoming, it helped establish the western novel as a literary genre. The unnamed protagonist in The Virginian, who courts a local schoolteacher and defers personal revenge while meting out justice to a cattle thief, set the tone for the rough but civilized cowboy, a prototype for scores of ensuing books,...
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The Ridgeway family faces their greatest challenge when a devastating drought threatens to spark an open range war, forcing them to fight for their ranch, their dream—and their lives . . .
DEATH BY THE DEVIL'S ROPE
It's the summer of 1883. A severe drought threatens to bankrupt the Ridgeway's Rocking R Ranch and every rancher in northwest Texas. The cattle are thirsty and hungry. The ranchers are getting desperate. And...
DEATH BY THE DEVIL'S ROPE
It's the summer of 1883. A severe drought threatens to bankrupt the Ridgeway's Rocking R Ranch and every rancher in northwest Texas. The cattle are thirsty and hungry. The ranchers are getting desperate. And...
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The novel that introduced the first great American hero: the cowboy
The Virginian cuts an impressive figure when the unnamed narrator of Owen Wister’s groundbreaking novel first encounters him in Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Dark-haired and physically imposing, the charismatic Virginian quickly befriends the narrator, whom he nicknames “the tenderfoot,” and the two embark on a three-hundred-mile journey to the ranch where the...
The Virginian cuts an impressive figure when the unnamed narrator of Owen Wister’s groundbreaking novel first encounters him in Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Dark-haired and physically imposing, the charismatic Virginian quickly befriends the narrator, whom he nicknames “the tenderfoot,” and the two embark on a three-hundred-mile journey to the ranch where the...
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Cam Jansen volume 30
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When Cam and her father go to a talent show at the local senior center, Cam's help is needed to find out who stole a wedding cake from the delivery truck.
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Andy Pickard and Logan Daggett investigate a series of killings and cattle thefts, while also dealing with a gang of regulators, a notorious hired gunman, and a telegram to the rangers from the state of Texas notifying them that their services are no longer required.
7) Framed
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Griffin Bing is in big trouble when a Super Bowl ring disappears from his middle school's display case, replaced by Griffin's retainer, and the more he and his friends investigate, the worse his situation becomes.
10) The cherry thief
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Child's Play (International) Ltd
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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Chef Armand devises a plan to catch a thief who is stealing cherries.
11) Stampede
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One of the biggest land grabs in America's history sets off a powderkeg of trouble for the Ridgeway family ranch—and ignites a deadly new fight for the fate of the nation . . .
THE OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH
At high noon on April 22, 1889, the U.S. government offered up two million acres of free land to anyone brave enough to take it—first come, first served. The fact that it was in the heart of Indian Territory didn't...
THE OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH
At high noon on April 22, 1889, the U.S. government offered up two million acres of free land to anyone brave enough to take it—first come, first served. The fact that it was in the heart of Indian Territory didn't...
12) Long bow
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Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2009
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173 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
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Long Bow Ranch was huge, even by standards of landholdings west of the Missouri River. The Long Bow riders couldn't patrol the entire ranch -- it was just too big -- and they were losing cattle in the Lost River Country to the Arapaho. When ranch owner old Jim Welsh had had enough, he went directly to the Arapaho and over four parlays came to an agreement -- the Arapaho would take no more than ten cattle a year. And that arrangement was still in place...
13) The third rider
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Wheeler
Pub. Date
2006
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199 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
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English
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Five years after leaving his family's ranch, Mel Rawlins returns to find that the ranch is no longer prospering, his father has been murdered, his two brothers have disappeared, and his sister is now married to a lawman with a warrant for Mel's arrest.
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Dragonbreath volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Danny Dragonbreath and his friends try to help the senior reptiles of Sunny Acres find a lost item.
15) Food fight!
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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SpongeBob SquarePants must foil a plan by Plankton to steal the Krabby Patty secret recipe using a super-powered robot.
16) A ranger's trail
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Moody Publishers
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c2012
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281 p. : map ; 22 cm.
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English
17) Summers' horses
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English
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Known for the role he played in taking down the notorious Peltry Gang, Will Summers is a horse trader with a reputation. But when the cold-blooded Bendigo brothers happen on an opportunity to make off with his newly acquired horses, they act quickly and ruthlessly, leaving Summers unconscious and soiled dove Layla Brooks battered and blind. Summers has a history of tracking down wild animals, and the Bendigo brothers are no different. He's ready...
18) Brief thief
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Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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English
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A lizard takes the liberty of using what seem to be some old underpants when he runs out of toilet paper. What he doesn't count on is that his own conscience and an outraged rabbit will be watching--
19) Rhyme crime
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Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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A thief wreaks havoc by switching things out for rhyming counterparts, until he's stumped by an unrhymable word--
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Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
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Plotting to invite their neighbors to a fancy tea party so that they can rob their vacated house, Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam share a comical misadventure.
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