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42) Skylark
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family.
Author
Series
Women of the West (Janette Oke) volume 9
Language
English
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Description
She made the difficult decision with only her daughter's best interest in mind . . . but did she sacrifice too much? When her husband dies, Sarah Perry is left with no way to support herself and her daughter, Rebecca. Reluctantly, she takes over operation of her husband's freight-hauling business, managing to save enough money to send Rebecca east to a boarding school-- to an easier life and a future Sarah could not provide. With the boarding-school...
Author
Series
Women of Hope volume 1
Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Drought has forced farmers around the small town of Bountiful in the Hope region of Oregon to mortgage their property. Then word comes of plans for a spur line to run through the area and join the railroad in nearby Milton. Folks with money see an opportunity to fill their coffers by buying farmland cheap then selling to the railroad for a profit. The Bank of Bountiful, owned by Eli Whitman, appears to be doing that, as well. Widowed two years earlier,...
47) Going West
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1992 [i.e. 1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Follows a family's emigration by prairie schooner from the East, across the plains to Kansas.
Author
Series
Saskatchewan saga volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Bittersweet Bliss, Ruth Glover acquaints readers with two mesmerizing characters and the high emotional stakes on their journeys to find peace and joy. To her fellow townsfolk, Ellie Bonney seems to lead a contented and productive life, keeping house for her father. She is a devoted daughter, loyal friend, and-for the last nine years-steady companion to her patient suitor, Tom. But beneath the surface, Ellie's spirit seethes with an unresolved...
50) The women
Author
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1978
Language
English
Description
Text and illustrations present a portrait of the industrious women who helped settle the West.
52) Redeeming love
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
Francine Rivers is one of America's favorite romance writers and a bestselling inspirational author. Her many heartfelt novels have won awards and the adoration of fans across the country. In Redeeming Love, she retells the Biblical story of Hosea, setting it in the 1850s amidst California's gold country.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
John Timmons' life is planned and orderly. He cares for his mother and four younger brothers, and their future depends on him to keep their Colorado ranch profitable. Ember Farrar (Bert) has run away from her lawbreaking family in search of a new life. But, when she attempts to return a horse that her brother had stolen, ranch hands believe she is a thief and a boy and they plan to hang her. John, who is also a deputy marshal, breaks up the hanging....
57) Prairie willow
Author
Publisher
Stoddart Kids
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Love comes softly volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Book 4 of Love Comes Softly. Reuniting with their daughter's family, grandparents Clark and Marty's hope and faith are tested by a tragedy. Another Janette Oke bestseller!
59) Dakota dugout
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Books, Macmillan
Pub. Date
1989, c1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A woman describes her experiences living with her husband in a sod house on the Dakota prairie.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Kirsten is proud and excited when she finds a bee tree full of honey, one of the natural treasures of her Minnesota frontier world, but she exposes herself to great danger by trying to harvest the honey by herself.
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