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Draws on the true stories of the author's grandmother to continue the tale of turn-of-the-twentieth-century pioneer Sarah, whose efforts to survive in the Arizona Territory are challenged by drought before a stagecoach accident puts her in the path of three strangers.
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Grand Canyon Association
Language
English
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Carving Grand Canyon provides a synopsis of the intriguing ideas and innovative theories that geologists have developed over time. This story of a fascinating landscape is told in an engaging style that nonscientists will find inviting. The story?s end, however, remains a mystery yet to be solved. --
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
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Frontier life through the eyes of Sarah Agnes Prine, a rancher's wife in Arizona who has to deal with Indians and outlaws, rifle in hand. Stuck in a loveless marriage, her romantic life picks up when her husband dies and she meets an army captain. Told in the form of a diary and based on a real-life person.
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Publisher
Open Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
World War Two. Japanese occupied China. One cousin's courage, another's determination to help a wounded American pilot. In the summer of 1942, Danny Hardy bails out of his fighter plane into a remote region of western China. With multiple injuries, malaria, and Japanese troops searching for him, the American pilot?s odds of survival are slim. Jasmine Bai, an art student who has been saved by Americans during the notorious Nanking Massacre, seems an...
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[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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A native of Los Angeles, California, Carol was born right before the onset of the Great Depression. Following graduation from high school this city girl married Rod (Rodney) Pomeroy, and they moved to a ranch in Lancaster, California. Their son, Hal was born two years later. The following year in 1951, lured by glowing letters describing Alaska's spectacular scenery and opportunities, the couple joined Rod's father and homesteaded on the Kenai Peninsula....
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Publisher
Vishnu Temple Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Verde River Elegy tells the story of the author s epic canoe journey from the Verde River headwaters to its end at the Salt River, the longest known continuous boat trip on the river. The Verde River s precious ribbon of green is a 196-mile oasis of riverside forests, stunning canyons, diverse wildlife, and cool water in the searing Arizona heat. In addition to the spectacular scenery, Jon also encountered flow-depleting diversion dams, river-choking...
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Joseph E. Shaffer III and Dr. Paula Kapp Greene
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This book is based on in-depth interviews with the dedicated men and women of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) community of the United States Navy, operators and technicians who quietly undertake some of the most dangerous work performed by members of the American military. It is also based on heartfelt interviews with the families of these brave and dedicated sailors - noting their stresses, their pride, their successes, and sadly, their struggles,...
13) Territory
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Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
A historical fantasy finds late-nineteenth-century college student Jesse Fox summoned by a magician friend to the western city of Tombstone, where he witnesses the supernatural powers of such figures as Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp.
19) Armilander
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Series
Legend from the great wood volume 3
Publisher
BooksbyAFoster
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Time is all run-out, or has it started over? Tan leaves her home world, to chase evil into the dark of another realm. Finding herself walking straight into the heart of war, she is immediately tested to her limits. Coming away blind and helpless, from having assisted strangers, she still saves the day. Yet at a cost? Sightlessness would surely devastate her whole quest. Oh and all this in the first five minutes of her arrival to this... new Arrel."--Back...
20) Bronx girls gone
Author
Publisher
Granite Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A day by day account of four Bronx girls who never lived long enough to enjoy life."--Back cover.
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