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41) Thunder at dawn
Author
Series
Frontier trilogy) volume 2
Publisher
Graphic Audio
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Western Missouri. Former army scout Jack Gregory returns from battle to a homestead in ruins. A wanted man with no place to go, he chooses an even deadlier career, as a scout for General George Armstrong Custer. Under a new name, Jack serves bravely in the Seventh Cavalry. But when Custer's disastrous leadership ends in devastating slaughter, Jack sets off to forge his own destiny. Winning a small ranch in a card game, he hopes to settle down and...
42) Take me home
Author
Series
Publisher
Signet Eclipse
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Beautiful and beguiling Florida Jones is a small-town Missouri Ozarks success, with her thriving business, spirited young daughter, and engagement to a wealthy sought-after bachelor who promises to give her the wider world she yearns for.
Then an unexpected visit from the mother who abandoned her sparks a tragic accident, unearths family secrets, and leaves her dependent on the very woman she loathes-as well as the ex-lover who long ago threw her...
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1860, eleven-year-old Becky Thatcher, new to St. Petersburg, Missouri, joins the boys at school in a bet to steal from the Widow Douglas in hopes of meeting a promise to have adventures that she made her brother, Jon, before he died.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
High school freshman Boady Sanden dreams of glass towers and cityscapes, driven by his desire to be anywhere other than Jessup, Missouri. Then Thomas Elgin moves in across the road, and Boady's life begins to twist and turn. Coming to know the Elgins, a black family settling into a community where notions of "us" and "them" carry the weight of history, forces Boady to rethink his understanding of the world he's taken for granted. Secrets hidden in...
48) James: a novel
Author
Language
English
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Description
"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby...
50) Rides a hero
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Books
Pub. Date
1989
Edition
Harlequin historical 1st ed.
Language
English
Author
Series
Four seasons tetralogy volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The neighbors of Deepwater Cove try to help one another cope with life's tragedies and setbacks as Charlie Moore struggles with his wife's failing mind, Cody Gross discovers a surprising secret that may change his life, and two other couples fall in and out of love.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Annabelle Allen, forever changed by a fall as an infant, becomes a teacher who meets her first challenge in the form of Jewell Cole, a boy with great potential, but suffering abuse from his father, the town drunk. With the help of a neighbor, Emmett, Annabelle is able to make a difference in Jewell's life, setting him on the right track.
56) The renegades
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
"The trilogy of the warring Hartman family comes to a dramatic conclusion."--cover.
57) The exiles
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press Large Print
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
While Kansas and Missouri clash in fierce battle over slavery, the Hartmans learn that blood is not thicker than water. They are compelled to choose sides in a conflict so overwhelming it threatens to unravel their family ties. Before the war ends, family members will die, others will vow revenge, traitors will reveal themselves--and one Hartman will decide whether to expose a plot which could tip the balance of the war. --Provided by publisher.
58) Borderland
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
"Will Hartman's sons and daughters were a fierce and determined American family, with a legacy of honor and a bold dream to build new lives on the Missouri frontier. But long before America declared itself at war over the issue of slavery, Kansas and Missouri were in pitched battle. John Brown's bloody raids into Missouri were answered with retaliatory strikes at the homes of the abolitionists. The Hartman family was caught up in the division on opposite...
Series
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Unexpected treasures in the Ozarks. It's always an interesting group of strangers who show up for the first annual Rainbow's End geocache hunt, and the spectacular scenery along the bluffs of the Lake of the Ozarks is just one reason-- Lyssa, hoping she can get over her fears and point folks to the treasure found in Jesus, is startled to find her former college professor among the group. Will he upset her mission? City girl Madison is annoyed that...
60) Home at last
Author
Series
Chicory Inn novels volume 5
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Can Shayla and Link overcome society's view of their differences and find true love? Is there hope of changing the sometimes-ugly world around them into something better for them all?
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