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Hank the Cowdog volume 54
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
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Unaware that his nemesis Pete the Barncat is playing yet another prank on him, Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, tries to save the world from "terradogtail" dinosaur birds armed with bacon-stealing laser tongs.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 55
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
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"There's a burglar on the loose, and he's robbing houses with the help of a super-sneaky, super-stinky, secret weapon. As Head of Security, Hank knows it's his job to protect the ranch and all the buildings on it. So when a suspicious character comes sniffing around Slim's bachelor shack, Hank heads right into action. But does Hank have what it takes to save the day--even after getting caught in the spray of some very unsavory artillery?"--From publisher...
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Chisholm Trail volume no. 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
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The earth lay dying. Crops dried up, and fertile soil dissolved into clouds of yellow. Ranchers did everything within their power, and federal forces were called in fruitlessly. Only Charlie Flagg, old-time Texas cattleman, saw it as a fight worth continuing, and refused to give up his battle against Nature.
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American diaries volume 6
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
In Texas in 1886, Ellen finds her desire to be a cattle rancher discouraged by family members who do not think it a proper choice for a girl, but she proves her worth when drought threatens the ranch.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 51
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"The heat is on! It's summertime, and the weather on Hank's West Texas ranch is hot and dry. So dry, in fact, that everyone is on the lookout for prairie fires. So Hank bravely adds the title of Head of Fire Safety to his already impressive list of responsibilities and gets to work. But patrolling for fires is dull, and it's hard to do on an empty stomach. Despite the distraction - desperate hunger, a cruel trick at the hands of Pete the Cat...
6) Giant
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Pub. Date
1952
Description
Saga of a woman who leaves her home in Virginia to live with her new husband in Texas at the time of the great petroleum discoveries.
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Moses Lake volume 3
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Mallory Hale's life quickly veers off course when she falls hopelessly in love with Daniel Everson and his little boy, Nick. After a whirlwind romance, Mallory finds herself leaving the bustle and action of Capitol Hill for the remote town of Moses Lake, Texas -- with husband, stepson, and a U-Haul in tow. A sweet, mishap-filled journey into marriage, motherhood, and ranch living ensues, and Mallory is filled with both the wonderment of love and the...
9) Texas Rich
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Texas series volume 1
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Traces the passions and privileges of four generations of Colemans--a powerful clan that owns the Texas aerospace industry and controls the lives of all who encounter their obsessive dynasty.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 52
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
At the request of his beloved Beulah the collie, Hank the Cowdog puts aside his urge to chew plastic and sets off in search of his nemesis, Plato the wayward bird dog.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 63
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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When a turkey debacle endangers his relationship with Sally May and a case of poisoning almost kills him, Hank must figure out who might be his mortal enemy.
12) Heartless
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Jason and Gracie have been inseparably good friends until a moment of sudden passion pulls them asunder, and Gracie comes to realize that Jason will never see her as anything more than a younger step-sibling. It takes Gracie being kidnapped, Jason saving her, an interferring other woman and Jason almost dying before the two lovers conquer their fears of intimacy and admit their total love for each other.
13) Texas true
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Tylers of Texas volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
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He's the one who got away. The cowboy who claimed her heart before taking off on a tour of duty, planning never to return. But Beau Tyler is back, and Natalie Haskell feels defenseless against the powerful pull of the soldier. Especially when she finds herself suddenly widowed. Natalie is the real reason Beau is staying on at the ranch, despite rumors that he's finally ready to take on his late father's bequest. Because something in Beau has stirred...
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Hank the Cowdog volume 66
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
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Hank is in real trouble this time. Loper and Sally May's relatives are coming for Christmas dinner, and Sally May has been working to get the entire ranch in order — including preparing for the Christmas feast. Unfortunately, when she discovers that the turkey she bought has met a terrible end, she pins the blame on Hank! Is he the guilty party, or have more sinister forces been at work to frame him for the crime? Later that day things seem to be...
15) The big question
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Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
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It's the day before Christmas, and Loper and Sally May have left Slim to manage the ranch while they go off to visit relatives for the holidays. But, a storm blows in and the electric fence separating a herd of steers from the highway shorts out.Now it's up to Slim, Viola and the ranch's Security Division to jump into action!
16) Texas tough
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Tylers of Texas volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
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He's everything she doesn't need. The quiet horse whisperer whose touch still ignites her dreams--and is everything wealthy Lauren Prescott is not. She can think of a million reasons why she should never ever fall into Sky Fletcher's sure embrace again. Until she clashes head-on with the dangerous complications of her privileged life and needs his protection like air to breathe... She's more than he can resist. The heiress Sky can't get out of his...
17) Leaving Cheyenne
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As the world enters a new century, three teenagers forge a future for themselves on the wild Texas grasslands: Gideon Fry, torn between going his way and following his father's footsteps; Johnny McCloud, whose restless spirit finds its solace traversing an open range; and Molly Taylor, the woman they both love. Rugged, bold and volatile, the three of them come of age in this tender and intimate novel of the heart.
18) Stand Proud
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West Texas cattle rancher Frank Claymore finds the world changing around him in the years between the Civil War and the early twentieth century, and the qualities that once made him a hero now have him on trial for murder.
19) The far canyon
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Veteran western writer Kelton begins this sequel to Slaughter exactly where that Golden Spur-winning yarn ended, in Texas, 1874. After the Battle of Adobe Walls, the Commanche warrior Crow Feather lies bleeding but alive. Jeff Layne, too, has survived--just as he survived both a Union slug during the Civil War and his days as a buffalo hunter during the great bison slaughters. Now Layne, tired of death and killing, is headed back to south Texas to...
20) Lawman
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Purchasing a ranch in Jacobsville, Texas, FBI agent Garon Grier plans to put his tragic marriage behind him while working on the case of a child predator who recently escaped from prison, until he encounters Grace Carver, the only child to escape alive from the deadly convict.