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1) Hondo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
He was etched by the desert’s howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and the ways of staying alive. She was a woman alone raising a young son on a remote Arizona ranch. And between Hondo Lane and Angie Lowe was the warrior Vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white men. Now the pioneer woman, the gunman, and the Apache warrior are caught in a drama of love, war, and honor.
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English
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"In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives collide. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman, alone in a house abandoned by the men in her life--her husband, who has gone in search of water for the parched household, and her two older sons, who have gone in search of their father after his return is delayed. Nora is biding her time with her youngest son, a boy with a bad eye who is convinced that a...
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
This 2016 follow-up to the 2006 documentary mini-series "Planet Earth" examines the natural features and wildlife found in various parts of the world, each of the six episodes corresponding to a different category of natural or man-made terrain (e.g., island, mountain, jungle, urban area, et cetera).
Travelling through jungles, deserts, mountains, islands, grasslands and cities, this series explores the unique characteristics of Earth’s most iconic...
7) California!
Author
Series
Wagons West. Main series volume 6
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
[2010], c1981
Language
English
Description
During the 1848 Gold Rush, a former Texas Ranger, an Eastern attorney, and a crippled war veteran and his wife are among the pioneers whose values and courage are tested in the quest for gold and the struggle to create a new life.
9) Darkest hour
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly appointed British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.
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Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn’t have is a horse and#x2014; until he meets Maybelline, that is, and then it’s love at first sight. Maybelline loves spaghetti and sweet nothings, and she loves Leroy, too. But when Leroy forgets the third and final rule of caring for Maybelline, disaster ensues. Can Leroy wrestle fate to the ground, rescue the horse of his heart, and lasso loneliness for good? Join Leroy, Maybelline,...
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English
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"Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless post–Civil War frontier seeking redemption in this fearless novel from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of News of the World. Union soldier John Chenneville suffered a traumatic head wound in battle. His recovery took the better part of a year as he struggled to regain his senses and mobility. By the time he returned home,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Story of Mike Bastian and his adoptive father, the outlaw Ben Curry. When Curry wants to turn his legacy over to Bastian, Bastian must choose between his loyalty to Ben and his yearning for a different way of life.
15) Hostiles
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The series revolves around the Dutton family, led by John Dutton, who controls the largest ranch in the US, which is under constant attack by those it borders: land developers, an Indian reservation, and America's first National Park. This is a world where land grabbers make developers billions, and politicians are bought and sold by the world's largest oil and lumber corporations. It is the best and worst of America seen through the eyes of a family...
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