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Author
Series
Border trilogy (Cormac McCarthy) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Sixteen year old John Cole wants to grow up on his grandfather's ranch and live his life freely. When his grandfather dies, John suffers. He takes off for Mexico, but instead of escape and renewal, he finds a blood price to be paid.
Author
Series
Border trilogy (Cormac McCarthy) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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In his novels, best-selling author Cormac McCarthy creates a western landscape filled with characters that are both myhic and authentic. Cities of the Plain, the stunning conclusion of his award-winning Border trilogy, brings together John Grady Cole and Billy Parham-the two lifelong friends who began their adventures in All the Pretty Horses. It is 1952. As Grady and Billy work a remote New Mexico ranch, Grady falls in love with a young Mexican prostitute....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Matt Brennon finds the old man as he lays dying near a spring, his body riddled with bullets. The old man leaves his ranch to Brennon, telling him never to sell, never to give up. For the first time in his life he really wants to kill, wants it so much his hands shake. Before the battle is over, Brennon gets the chance to do just that. Falsely accused of murder, he is forced to run from the law while harassing his enemies at the same time. When...
Author
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
[1956-]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Hiding in the rocks and weakened by a rifle wound in his hip, Trace Jordan struggles to elude the ruthless band of riders hunting him down after he has killed the horse thief who murdered his partner.
7) The red pony
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1965
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
10) Small damages
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Kenzie of Philadelphia, pregnant by Yale-bound Kevin, is bitter when her mother sends her to Spain to deliver and give her baby away, but discovers a makeshift family with the rancher who takes her in, his cook, and the young man they have raised together.
11) Dust devils
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Young Ira Hamilton's plan to marry an Indian girl is opposed by his father, a racist Nevada rancher. But the theft of a horse will give Ira the opportunity to show he is man enough to make his own decisions.
12) Of mice and men
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great DepressionOver seventy-five years since its first publication, Steinbecks tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of Americas most widely read and taught novels. An unlikely pair, George and Lennie, two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression, grasp for their American Dream. They hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George...
13) The red pony
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher's life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he will forge with Gabilan, a hot-tempered pony his father gives him. With Billy Buck, the hired hand, Jody tends and trains his horse, restlessly anticipating the moment he will sit high upon Gabilan's saddle. But when Gabilan falls ill, Jody...
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