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"Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It's locked at all times. Because when the trunk is opened, people around her start to disappear... The year is 1914, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, and forced her to flee her hometown of Redondo, California, in a hellfire rush, ready to make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will be one of...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 22
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In this retelling of the biblical story of Hosea, Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. Then she meets Michael Hosea. He obeys God's call to marry Angel and to love her unconditionally. He defies her bitter expectations and slowly her heart begins to thaw. Her final healing must come from the One who loves her even more than Michael does.
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One thousand White women trilogy volume 1
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English
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Follows May Dodd as she travels to the Cheyenne, becomes the bride of Little Wolf, chief of that tribe, and struggles with living in and being loyal to two different worlds.
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Drawing on journal entries, letters, and song lyrics to evoke the courage and spirit of female pioneers, a collection of portraits traces the lives of such individuals as Amelia Stewart Knight, Miriam Colt, and Clara Brown.
5) 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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Return to the Canadian West volume 2
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Kennebec Large Print
Pub. Date
c2015.
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English
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After a year of teaching in the Canadian West, Beth Thatcher returns home. Torn between her family and her dreams, will Beth finally discover where her heart truly belongs.
7) Glory
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Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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A young woman joins up with a wagon-load of mail-order brides headed for Colorado and embarks on an adventure-filled journey through the American West.
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Diamond of the Rockies volume 2
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Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
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English
12) Ransom of love
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Multnomah Publishers
Pub. Date
c2000
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English
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"Nineteen-year-old Benjamin arrives from South Africa earmarked to be sold into slavery but is set free by a kindly Christian in Charleston, South Carolina. Zack Johnson takes him on as a paid servant, and Ben earns the money to go west with Zack's adventurous son, Dan." -- Back cover.
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Women of the West (Janette Oke) volume 2
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Center Point
Pub. Date
2002.
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English
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Julia's Last Hope is a story sent in a lumbertown in western Canada. Things are going well for John and Julia Harrigan until the sudden news of the mill closing rocks their secure world. Julia's dreams for her family seem to be crumbling around her until she decides to fight to save the home and town she loves.
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Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Deciding she needs more independence, Elizabeth moves out of her friend Abigail's home and into a new home of her own. While Jack is proud of Elizabeth's sense of independence, he is also conflicted as he had bought land in hopes of building a house for both of them. Abigail has concerns of her own, as problems arise with the orphan boy she took in. In addition, the entire town is shocked to learn that their new pastor has a criminal past.
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