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"Karl Marlantes's debut novel Matterhorn has been hailed as a modern classic of war literature. In his new novel, Deep River, Marlantes turns to another mode of storytelling--the family epic--to craft a stunningly expansive narrative of human suffering, courage, and reinvention. In the early 1900s, as the oppression of Russia's imperial rule takes its toll on Finland, the three Koski siblings--Ilmari, Matti, and the politicized young Aino--are forced...
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Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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A childless couple working a farm in the brutal landscape of 1920 Alaska discover a little girl living in the wilderness, with a red fox as a companion, and begin to love the strange, almost-supernatural child as their own.
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Wyoming stories volume 1
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English
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A new collection of award-winning short fiction by the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News includes "Brokeback Mountain," "The Mud Below," and "The Half Skinned Steer," selected by John Updike as one of the best stories of the century.
6) O pioneers!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Alexandra, daughter of a Swedish immigrant farmer in Nebraska, inherits the family farm and finds love with an old friend.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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In 1880s Dakota Territory, teenager Laura Ingalls struggles to earn her teaching certificate, says good-bye to her sister Mary when she leaves home to attend a school for the blind, and shyly begins a romance with Almanzo Wilder.
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1994
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English
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A collection of stories which describe the experiences of a pioneer girl and her family as they celebrate various Christmases In the Big Woods in Wisconsin, on the prairie in Indian Territory, and on the banks of Plum Creek.
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"A collection of stories by the former books editor at Oprah.com about women and girls living the frontier Alaskan lives we associate with men. Alongside stories set in today's Last Frontier-rife with suburban sprawl, global warming, and opioid addiction-Newman delves into remote wilderness of the 1970s and 80s, bringing to life young girls and single moms in search of a wilder, freer, more adventurous America. "--
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Warner Brothers Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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Unschooled homesteader Sayward Luckett couldn't even read her own name, but fell in love and married a book-learned frontier lawyer. In the wild, wooded land of 1790s Ohio Territory, she will experience joy and hardships aplenty, raising seven children and many grandchildren while suffering inconstancies of the heart and enduring the difficulties of settling a new land.
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
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E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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A Confederate soldier, out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who murdered his wife, follows their trail to the raucous, traveling town alongside the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
Hellbent on vengeance, former Confederate officer Cullen Bohannon travels west in searh of the Union soldiers who murdered his wife. His quest leads him to 'Hell on Wheels,' the dangerous, raucous town that follows the construction of the nation's first...
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Native American Heritage Month Nonfiction
NYT - Indigenous Americans
Native American Heritage Month Nonfiction
NYT - Indigenous Americans
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Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son, Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. Although listeners may be more familiar with the names...
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Basic Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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From a New York Times-bestselling author, a sweeping history of the American West. In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay-at-home...
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