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41) A hopeful heart
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English
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Abel Samms wants nothing to do with the group of potential brides his neighbor brought to town. He was smitten with an eastern girl once--and he got his heart broken. But there's something about quiet Tressa Neill and her bumbling ways that makes him take notice. When Tressa's life is endangered, will Abel risk his own life--and his heart--to help this eastern girl?
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"Prolific author and Old West historian Ray Hogan has created a gripping tale of feuds and blood bonds in the dangerous, untamed territory of nineteenth-century New Mexico. Crosshatch Ranch has seen better days. Since Curt Ramsey's late wife, Elvira, drove his brothers Jesse and Boone off the ranch, Curt has had to struggle to keep Crosshatch going. When a horse falls on his legs, he becomes an angry, stubborn cripple, trying to run the ranch from...
43) Betrayal
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Series
Publisher
Zondervan
Language
English
Description
"It's the turn of the twentieth century and drifter Hugh Brennan is a man well acquainted with betrayal. Hugh finds himself drawn to the attractive widow, Julia, yet when he looks into her eyes, he recognizes the same hurt that haunts him. Julia Grace has little reason to trust men, but she's going to have to trust someone if she's to keep her ranch from the clutches of her dead husband's half-brother. Is it possible God had a hand in bringing Hugh...
45) Of mice and men
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
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Tells a story about the strange relationship of two migrant workers, who are able to realize their dreams of an easy life until one of them succumbs to his weakness for soft, helpless creatures and strangles the farmer's wife. Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him. With illustrations from the movie starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 20
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Hank the Cowdog investigates reports of a phantom dog on the ranch.
47) To the last man
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English
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Toward the end of the nineteenth century in the Tonto Basin of Arizona, a fierce and deadly feud erupts between local cattlemen and sheepherders, as a rancher's son, Jean Isbel, and a shepherd's daughter, Ellen Jorth, fall in love.
48) The home ranch
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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
Little Britches becomes the "man" in his family after his father's early death, taking on the concomitant responsibilities as well as opportunities. During the summer of his twelfth year he works on a cattle ranch in the shadow of Pike's Peak, earning a dollar a day. Little Britches is tested against seasoned cowboys on the range and in the corral. He drives cattle through a dust storm, eats his weight in flapjacks, and falls in love with a blue outlaw...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
In 1909, after spending several months back at the Lovell House Home for Orphaned and Abandoned Boys, eleven-year-old Gib returns to live on the Thornton ranch, where his natural way with horses helps to make him feel at home.
50) Calder storm
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Series
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English
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With his rugged-cowboy good looks and the kind of smile that makes a lady's pulse race, Trey Calder could have his pick of women. But he's been holding out for someone special, and the minute he lays eyes on freelance photographer Sloan Davis, he knows he's found her. The attraction between the two is immediate and charged as heat lightning, even if they are as different as can be. But Trey's fierce passion may blind him to a terrible threat. Within...
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Hank the Cowdog volume 19
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
870L
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English
Description
Hank the cowdog investigates the mystery of a cattle rustler who works by night.
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Whispering Mountain novel volume 3
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English
Description
Teagen McMurray would ride to hell and back to protect his land. He'd certainly never felt that way about a woman. Not, at least, until Jessie Barton showed up with her three little girls, desperate for a place to stay. Suddenly he found himself proposing marriage, telling himself it was only to protect her and her children.
54) Murder unleashed
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English
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The next scintillating novel in this acclaimed author’s delightful series featuring doggedly determined canine sleuths and their intrepid human companions.
Settling into ranch life with her wire-haired dachshund, Baxter, former Wall Street trader Mags Rogers doesn’t miss the world of investment banking—because its destructive tentacles have reached Reno, Nevada, where desperate families are squatting in foreclosed...
Settling into ranch life with her wire-haired dachshund, Baxter, former Wall Street trader Mags Rogers doesn’t miss the world of investment banking—because its destructive tentacles have reached Reno, Nevada, where desperate families are squatting in foreclosed...
55) To dream anew
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Series
Heirs of Montana volume 3
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English
Description
Through sheer determination, the diamond V ranch has flourished in the hands of Dianne and Cole Selby. But when a new family settles in the area with ambitions to establish an empire in Montana, it quickly becomes apparent that they will stop at nothing to uproot Dianne's family.
56) Hard ride
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English
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"Bandits, outlaws, romance, and adventure abound in Hard Ride, the second-ever collection of tales of the American West from renowned, seven-time Spur Award-winning author Elmer Kelton. Each of Elmer Kelton's superb stories of the West showcase the strength and power of western spirit. They are filled with marvelous characters--from a rodeo clown who seeks redemption via romance, to an outlaw who comes to the aid of ranchers with no other recourse...
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English
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Three best-loved authors capture the Christmas spirit in the irresistible stories of three generations of Delaneys who find love and passion during the holiday season. CHRISTMAS PAST by Iris Johansen. From the moment he first laid eyes on her, Kevin Delaney felt a curious attraction for the Gypsy beauty. He didn't believe her talk of second sight, but as Christmas approaches, he realizes she's working a different kind of magic. CHRISTMAS FUTURE by...