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Sunshine rider: the first vegetarian western
By Ric Lynden Hardman. 1998
Teenager Wylie Jackson is allowed to go on his first cattle drive as an assistant cook. Due to a series…
of mishaps, Wylie steals a horse, becomes a vegetarian, and decides to learn doctoring. But with a reward for his return, Wylie cannot escape justice forever. Includes frontier recipes. Senior High. c1998.Me and the man on the moon-eyed horse
By Sid Fleischman. 1977
Clint and his father operate the telegraph in furnace flats. One morning they get a call to round up a…
posse to go after step-and-a-half Jackson, a desperado. Grades 2-4. c1977.Leaving Cheyenne
By Peter Carter. 1990
In the spring of 1871, Ben Curtis and his brother Bo are driven from their land in Clement County, Texas.…
They join a cattle drive bound for Abilene, where they run up against the tight-faced gambler, Dutch Kessel. The meeting changes Ben's life, causing him to travel across Kansas to Dodge and finally to the open plains on a buffalo hunt, where once again he finds himself under the shadow of a gun. For Junior High readers. c1990.Gunslinger girl
By Lyndsay Ely. 2018
Seventeen-year-old Serendipity "Pity" Jones inherited two things from her mother: a pair of six shooters and perfect aim. The West…
is once again wild after a Second Civil War fractures the US into a broken, dangerous land. Pity is offered a life of fame and fortune in Cessation, a glittering city where lawlessness is a way of life. But the price she pays for her freedom may be too great, and she soon finds herself in the dark and twisted underbelly of a corrupt city. For senior high readers. 2018.Uncle Bill: a tale of two kids and a cowboy (Will James Series)
By Will James. 1998
Ten-year-old Kip and his sister Scootie, eleven, spend the summer with their cowboy Uncle Bill at the Five Barb Ranch.…
The city kids, who have a lot to learn about horses and cattle, pester their uncle with questions all day long. For junior and senior high and older readers. c1998.The three mustangeers (Tumbleweed series.)
By Will James. 1999
Andy Thomas grows up on a badlands ranch where his father hides outlaws from the authorities. When Stub O'Leary and…
Hugh Stanley ride off one day, Andy joins them to start an honest, respectable life in a new territory. 1933.The Kincaids
By Matt Braun. 1976
Jake Kincaid turns a saloon, won in a poker game, into a business empire. His sons choose not to follow…
their father's footsteps with the result that one becomes an outlaw, the other a law man. 1976.Cow country (Tumbleweed series.)
By Will James. 1995
Eight short stories that capture the hardships, adventures, and spirit of the American cowboy. The selections tell of wild mustangs,…
ornery steers, lonesome drifters, and fancy dudes of the West in the early 1900s. 1995.Whitefish Will rides again!
By Arthur Yorinks, Mort Drucker. 1994
Whitefish Will is such a good sheriff that he scares all the criminals away. Not needing him anymore, the townfolk…
retire him. But years later, a bad man comes to town and they must bring the lawman back. For grades K-3Jack goes west (Jack series #book 4)
By Mac Barnett, Greg Pizzoli. 2020
From New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett and Geisel Award-winning illustrator Greg Pizzoli, an uproarious early reader series about…
a mischievous rabbit, a cranky old lady, and a lovable dog. Jack and the Lady take the train West to visit a dude ranch. One night, there's a bank robbery next door, and Jack is pegged as the bandit. But thanks to Jack's new rope tricks, the real robber is caught, and Jack leaves the Wild West a free rabbit with a big secret. Welcome to the laugh-out-loud and irreverent world of Jack, a new early reader series by the New York Times bestselling and award-winning team of Mac Barnett and Greg PizzoliPatty Reed's doll: the story of the Donner party
By Rachel K. Laurgaard, Elizabeth Michaels. 1989
Based on actual happenings in the fateful Donner Party crossing in 1846, this is the story told through the eyes…
of a small wooden doll who traveled from Illinois to California in young Patty Reed's pocket. The doll recounts the life aboard a Conestoga wagon train as the party's first successful weeks out of Independence are followed later by mishaps, violence, and tragedy on the journey to Sutter's Fort in Sacramento. For grades 4-7Pony
By R. J. Palacio. 2021
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER &“Perfection.&” – The Wall Street Journal The bestselling author of Wonder returns with an enthralling…
adventure about a boy on a quest to rescue his father, with only a ghost as his companion and a mysterious pony as his guide. Twelve-year-old Silas is awoken in the dead of night by three menacing horsemen who take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared, and alone, except for the presence of his companion, Mittenwool . . . who happens to be a ghost. When a pony shows up at his door, Silas makes the courageous decision to leave his home and embark on a perilous journey to find his father. Along the way, he will face his fears to unlock the secrets of his past and explore the unfathomable mysteries of the world around him. R. J. Palacio spins a harrowing yet distinctly beautiful coming-of-age story about the power of love and the ties that bind us across distance and time. With the poignant depth of War Horse and the singular voice of True Grit, this is one of those rare books poised to become an instant classic for readers of all ages. &“A wonderful story of courage. ... It's got the feeling of a modern classic.&” —as recommended on NPR by Jorge LaceraSlingshot and Burp
By Stephen Gilpin, Richard Haynes. 2016
The captain's dog: my journey with the Lewis and Clark tribe (Great Episodes)
By Roland Smith. 2000
1800s. Captain Meriwether Lewis's Newfoundland dog Seaman accompanies his master on the Lewis and Clark Expedition and narrates his adventures…
exploring the uncharted wilderness of the American West. For grades 6-9. 1999The long rifle (Classics of the Fur Trade Ser.)
By Stewart Edward White. 1990
Young Andy Burnett of Kentucky leaves his abusive stepfather's farm, takes his grandfather's prized long rifle--a gift from Daniel Boone--and…
heads west. Andy becomes a fur-trading mountain man, befriends the Blackfoot Indians, and watches civilization take over the frontier. 1932On to Oregon!
By Honoré Morrow, Honore Morrow, Edward Shenton. 1991
When his parents die on their way to Oregon in 1844, thirteen-year-old John Sager, former troublemaker, becomes responsible for his…
younger brothers and sisters. John leads his siblings westward, facing danger from the wilderness trail and unfriendly Indians. For grades 5-8. 1926Best-selling author, Cube Kid, introduces a new series about a kitten named Eeebs who lives some incredible adventures in the…
world of Minecraft. Fans of Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior will find some of the emblematic characters from this series in the Nether. Eeebs isn't a very disciplined kitten. His mom warned him not to play in the forest, but he didn't listen. That's how he found himself in the Nether, a bizarre world inhabited by scary creatures. In the company of a ghast, almost cheerful witch, Eeebs develops supernatural powers. Will this be enough to fight against Endernova's army, the Enderman, who want to rule over the Overworld? In order to save his friends, Eeebs must become the champion of the Nether, as the prophecy of The Chosen One tellsEmily's fortune
By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Ross Collins. 2010
Out West, back when. Suddenly orphaned, eight-year-old Emily Wiggins departs by train and stagecoach to live in Rosebud with her…
aunt by marriage. Unfortunately, her mean Uncle Victor, with his eyes on her large inheritance, intends otherwise. Fortunately, Emily's new friend Jackson devises a plan. For grades 3-6. 2010Boy of the border
By Langston Hughes, Arna Bontemps, Antonio Castro L., Arna Wendell Bontemps. 2009
1930s. Twelve-year-old Miguel helps his uncle Mario herd three hundred broncos from northern Mexico to Los Angeles. Miguel encounters bandits,…
an ornery gypsy boy, a sandstorm, and a rattlesnake but happily arrives home for Christmas. For grades 4-7. 1941Pioneer summer: Prairie Skies (Ready-for-Chapters Ser.)
By Deborah Hopkinson, Patrick Faricy. 2002
After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1855, eight-year-old Charlie's abolitionist parents decide to move their three children from…
Massachusetts to Kansas. As members of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, they hope to help vote that Western territory into the union as a free state. Distraught that he must leave his aging dog and beloved grandfather, Charlie is partially consoled by his grandfather, who gently and eloquently reassures him that the Kansas sky is the same sky that covers Massachusetts. Award winner. For grades 6-9