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1) True grit
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Description
Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America's foremost writers. True Grit is the basis for two movies, the 1969 classic starring John Wayne and the Academy Award® winning 2010 version starring Jeff Bridges and written and directed by the Coen brothers.
True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith,...
True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith,...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 18
Description
Eleven-year-old asthmatic Reuben Land chronicles the Land family's odyssey in search of Reuben's older brother, Davy, who has escaped from jail before he can stand trial for the killing of two marauders who came to their Minnesota farm to harm the family. A first novel. Reprint.
Author
Series
History mysteries volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
At the start of the Klondike gold rush of 1897, while traveling through Canada with her father, uncle and friends, twelve-year-old aspiring author Hetty tries to determine the identity of a thief.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit a dude ranch in Montana, they find themselves with another mystery to solve, this one involving the theft of money from the ranch's safe and of a large gold nugget that Josh had found.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the theft of a great deal of money from the belly of a nearly life-size Tyrannosaurus Rex model that their friend, Jud Wheat, is using to raise money for a dinosaur museum.
Author
Series
Misadventures of Max Crumbly volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Max and Erin continue the fight to protect South Ridge Middle School from Ralph and his henchmen, but Max's greatest challenge may be keeping his crush on Erin a secret.
12) Little Darlings
Author
Publisher
Razorbill/Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Description
When Cassian, Primrose, and Daisy are left in the care of a new nanny, they stir up a huge mess of chaos and destruction.
Author
Series
Stick Cat volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Much to Edith's delight, she and Stick Cat are enjoying a lazy day at his apartment. But not for long. Soon, strange and threatening sounds come from the ceiling. What could it be? An elephant? Santa?
15) The Thief Lord
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord." Welcome to the magical world of Venice, Italy, where hidden canals and crumbling rooftops shelter runaways and children with incredible secrets.
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Series
Description
"Arizona Jim Silver had to find Rap Brender, Judge Brender's missing son - the same Rap Brender who had joined guns with Silver's oldest and deadliest enemy. But when the legendary Silvertip finally caught up with Brender, they shared a common enemy - ever since Brender's partner tried to kidnap his woman. Now it was up to the two men to catch the man Silver had pledged to kill - for Silver's honor and his life!"--
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1991
Description
Hopalong Cassidy, the quick-thinking, fast-shooting cowpuncher heads west to deliver a fortune in bank notes to his old friend, Dick Jordan. When he arrives at the Circle J, he discovers that the rancher and his daughter, Pam, are being held prisoner by a desperate band of outlaws led by the ruthless Avery Sparr and his partner Arnold Soper. Even if Hopalong Cassidy can free Jordan and Pam, he will have to lead them across rough and untamed Apache...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When the small community of Holliswood is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a terrifying outlaw who deliberately instigates problems for the purpose of filming his crimes for television, modern superhero Daniel X assembles an all-star team to help protect fellow citizens.
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