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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narratives of the biggest legends in frontier mythology. The summer of 1876 was a key time period in the development of the mythology of the Old West. Many individuals who are considered legends by modern readers were involved in events that began their notoriety or turned out to be the most famous - or infamous - moments of their lives. Those individuals...
Author
Series
Legends of the Lost Causes volume 3
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
455 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ever in pursuit of justice and revenge for their killed families, Keech Blackwood and his fellow orphans travel to Skeleton Peak to retrieve a magical object that could help Reverend Rose return to his full, villainous strength.
Author
Series
Montmorency volume 4
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st Orchard Books ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
289 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As Queen Victoria lies dying and with her family in danger, a group of friends races to track down the anarchists responsible for George's death, even as Montmorency seeks to teach a new generation to forgive.
44) Like lions
Author
Series
Bull Mountain volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Clayton Burroughs is a small-town Georgia sheriff, a new father, and, improbably, the heir apparent of Bull Mountain's most notorious criminal family. As he tries to juggle fatherhood, his job and his recovery from being shot in the confrontation that killed his two criminally-inclined brothers last year, he's doing all he can just to survive. Yet after years of carefully toeing the line between his life in law enforcement and his family, he finally...
Author
Series
Rose volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A mask of unimaginable power is stolen from the royal palace, perhaps by dark magicians, and the race to stop the thieves takes Rose to the mysterious city of Venice, where nothing is quite what it seems.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Language
English
Description
A revisionist history of the Old West battle challenges popular depictions of such figures as the Earps and Doc Holliday, tracing the influence of a love triangle, renegade Apaches, and the citizens of Tombstone.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
xiii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner and his goons"--
Author
Series
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Two true-crime tales relate the stories of a wealthy man buried alive with only forty-eight hours of air, and a grisly shooting high in the Sierra Nevada mountains involving the locals and rich developers.
Murder beyond the grave: "Stephen Small has it all -- a Ferrari, fancy house, loving wife, and three sons. But the only thing he needs right now is enough air to breathe. Kidnapped, buried in a box, and held for ransom, Stephen has forty-eight...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-olds George, the very unlucky third Lord of Devonshire, and his neighbor, scientist Ada Byron, join forces against a nefarious group of criminals who steal the map to a priceless family heirloom.
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Alex and his grandfather hold the fate of history itself in their hands in a Rick Riordan meets Raiders of the Lost Ark adventure of epic proportions!
"A few months ago, Alex's world changed...forever. Now, just when it seems life is almost getting back to normal, Alex's grandfather crashes back into the picture with grave news: their friend Harry has fallen into the clutches of a familiar foe, and the old man needs Alex's help to rescue him. This...
53) Sons of thunder
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Slash and Pecos match wits with the wiliest opponent they've ever had--a wickedly smart woman who can't be caught--in their wildest western adventure yet. . . . It sounds like an easy job: track down the lady friend of notorious outlaw Duke Winter and bring her in for questioning. There's just one problem: Slash and Pecos have never met a woman like Miss Fannie Diamond, a glamorous showgirl who's prettier than a French poodle, slicker than a Dodge...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding West. Before long, Dodge City's streets were lined with saloons and brothels and its populace was thick with gunmen, horse thieves, and desperadoes of every sort. By the 1870s, Dodge City was known as the most violent...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
144 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rapunzel is raised in a grand villa surrounded by towering walls. Rapunzel dreams of a different mother than Gothel, the woman she calls Mother. She climbs over the wall and finds out the truth. Her real mother, Kate, is a slave in Gothel's gold mine. In this Old West retelling, Rapunzel uses her hair as a lasso and to take on outlaws--including Gothel.
56) The whipping boy
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
1986
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
90 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.
Author
Series
Imagination Station volume 4
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
107 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old cousins Patrick and Beth find themselves 1450's England during the War of the Roses, where they discover the missing treasures and meet the person who has been sending notes through the Imagination Station.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 7
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When his best friend Woody is arrested--an unwitting accomplice to a robbery--Theodore Boone must work to prove his innocence"--