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How to get rich on a Texas cattle drive: In Which I Tell the Honest Truth About Rampaging Rustlers, Stampeding Steers and Other Fateful Hazards on the Wild Chisolm Trail (How to Get Rich)
By Tod Olson, Gregory Proch, Scott Allred. 2010
Alleged memoir of "Little John" Larken, who headed to Texas in 1877 to work on a ranch, became a trail…
boss, and later performed in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Describes his adventures with cowhands, cattle rustlers, cattle barons, and Indians--and his experiences with hazardous stampedes. For grades 3-6. 2010The unnamed: a novel
By Joshua Ferris. 2010
Manhattan attorney Tim Farnsworth has a unique syndrome: he is compelled to walk for hours before finally falling into a…
deep sleep. Despite his worsening condition--which has his frantic wife equiping him with survival gear and tracking him down--Tim prepares for a murder trial. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 2010The girl who thought in pictures: the story of Dr. Temple Grandin (Amazing Scientists #1)
By Daniel Rieley, Julia Finley Mosca. 2017
Meet Dr. Temple Grandin--one of the world's quirkiest science heroes! When young Temple was diagnosed with autism, no one expected…
her to talk, let alone become one of the most powerful voices in modern science. Yet, the determined visual thinker did just that. Her unique mind allowed her to connect with animals in a special way, helping her invent groundbreaking improvements for farms around the globe! For grades K-3How to survive as a shark
By Michael Graves, Kristen Foote. 2017
Ahoy, me mateys! Upset your Mom swam away after you were born? Cry me an ocean. You've got me to…
show you the ropes! Well, at least until I get a craving for baby shark. Swim along and I'll teach you how to hunt using all six senses (a whole sense more than a human), why you can never stop moving (blimey, no--not even to sleep!), and what your most dangerous threat is (here's a hint: those sneaky landlubbers don't even live in our waters!). Aye, me hearties, learning How to survive as a shark is not as easy as it sounds! How to survive as a shark provides a unique take on fish science that will entertain and educate in and out of the classroom. Full of opportunities for extended learning, this book includes fun facts hidden throughout the hilarious illustrated story-- and after, a glossary of important terms and some real photos of great white sharks. If you've ever wondered how to think and swim like a shark, and you like to laugh while you learn, this book is for y For grades K-3Owney, the mail-pouch pooch
By Lynne Barasch, Mona Kerby. 2008
In 1888, Owney, a stray terrier puppy, finds a home in the Albany, New York, post office and becomes its…
official mascot as he rides the mail train through the Adirondacks and beyond, criss-crossing the United States, into Canada and Mexico, and eventually traveling around the world by mail boat in 132 days. For grades K-3Helen Keller's best friend Belle
By Jennifer Thermes, Holly M. Barry, Holly Barry. 2013
Author of The Kennedy Curse (DB 56880) assesses the New York senator and her aspirations for the presidency. Comments on…
Mrs. Clinton's successes and failures as First Lady and her ambitions for the 2008 Democratic nomination. Covers the Lewinsky scandal. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2005The boy who drew birds: a story of John James Audubon / by Jacqueline Davies
By Jacqueline Davies, Melissa Sweet. 2004
Recounts how passionately the young Frenchman who made his home in America loved birds. Describes the numerous drawings and paintings…
he made of birds, their nests, and eggs and reveals the way he determined whether migrating birds return to the same place in the spring. For grades 2-4. 2004The book of the lion
By Michael Cadnum. 2000
Medieval England. Seventeen-year-old apprentice Edmund is forced to join the Crusades as a squire to Sir Nigel, a knight. Edmund…
endures storms at sea, travel through foreign lands, and exposure to fighting and bloodshed for his king, Richard Lionheart. Some violence. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2000My life in dog years
By Gary Paulsen, Ruth Wright Paulsen. 1998
Paulsen proudly refers to himself as a "dog person," someone who loves dogs, and always has at least five or…
six. He writes about eight of the dogs who shared his life through the years that have been especially memorable. In the dedication to Cookie, he tells how she saved his life in 1980 when he had fallen through ice. For grades 5-8The school for whatnots
By Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2022
"No matter what anyone tells you, I'm real. That's what the note says that Max finds under his keyboard. He…
knows that his best friend, Josie, wrote it. He'd know her handwriting anywhere. But why she wrote it--and what it means--remains a mystery. Ever since they met in kindergarten, Max and Josie have been inseparable. Until the summer after fifth grade, when Josie disappears, leaving only a note, and whispering something about "whatnot rules." But why would Max ever think that Josie wasn't real? And what are whatnots? As Max sets to uncover what happened to Josie--and what she is or isn't--little does he know that she's fighting to find him again, too. But there are forces trying to keep Max and Josie from ever seeing each other again. Because Josie wasn't supposed to be real." -- Provided by publisherMammoths on the move
By Lisa Wheeler, Kurt Cyrus. 2006
Join a pack of woolly mammoths as they trek south for the winter, braving fierce storms, deadly predators, and raging…
rivers while making their slow journey across the gorgeous unspoiled lands of this continent until finally they reach their goal. The author draws readers into the mystery of prehistory and of one of the most awesome beasts to ever walk the earth. For grades K-3Jim Ugly
By Sid Fleischman, Jos. A. Smith. 1992
1894. Twelve-year-old Jake Bannock assumes that he is an orphan after he sees his actor-father's coffin lowered into the ground…
at Blow- fly, Nevada. If one discounts the rumor that Sam Bannock had con- cealed a cache of diamonds, Jake's only inheritance is his father's part-wolf mongrel dog. His father called the dog Amigo; Jake calls him Jim Ugly. Together they set out to learn the truth about Sam's supposed demise--and the diamonds. For grades 4-7. 1992Liberty (Dogs Of World War Ii Ser.)
By Kirby Larson. 2016
New Orleans, 1940s. Polio-survivor Fish Elliot and his neighbor Olympia team up in order to save a starving stray dog…
they call Liberty, and they find other unlikely allies willing to help. For grades 3-6. 2016Dash (Dogs Of World War Ii Ser.)
By Kirby Larson. 2014
When her family is forced into a Japanese internment camp, Mitsi Kashino is separated from her home, her classmates, and…
her beloved dog, Dash. Heartbroken, Mitsi clings to her one connection to Dash: the letters from the kindly neighbor who is caring for him. For grades 3-6. 2014The secret promise: the Rescue princesses (Rescue Princesses Ser. #1)
By Paula Harrison. 2012
When Princess Emily and her other royal friends discover that someone is trying to hurt the deer in Mistberg Forest,…
they use their wits and ninja skills to rescue them. For grades 2-4. 2012Trapped
By Michael Northrop. 2011
During what seems like a typical New England blizzard, seven kids at Tattawa Regional High School are waiting to be…
picked up by their parents. Only the snowstorm is much more powerful than was expected, and not everyone survives. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2011Happy birthday: a novel
By Danielle Steel. 2011
Three people start out miserable on their landmark birthdays but end up happy. Aging style guru Valerie Wyatt turns sixty…
unattached, Valerie's single daughter April is thirty and pregnant, and quarterback-turned-sportscaster Jack Adams faces fifty alone. Bestseller. 2011Minn of the Mississippi: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
By Holling Clancy Holling. 1951
Follows the adventures of Minn, a three-legged snapping turtle, who makes a twenty-five-hundred-mile trip from her birthplace in Minnesota at…
the headwaters of the Mississippi River down to the Gulf of Mexico. For grades 4-7. Newbery Honor Book. 1951The crowded grave (Bruno, Chief of Police #4)
By Martin Walker. 2012
Another delectable serving of mystery and the pleasures of the Dordogne from the newest master of suspense, Martin Walker. It'…
s spring in the idyllic village of St. Denis, and for Chief of Police Bruno CourrEges that means lamb stews, bottles of his beloved Pomerol, morning walks with his hound, Gigi— and a new string of regional crimes and international capers. When a local archaeological team looking for Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal remains turns up a corpse with a watch on its wrist and a bullet in its head, it' s up to Bruno to solve the case. But the task will not be easy, not with a meddlesome new magistrate eager to make a strong impression, an ongoing series of attacks by animal rights activists on local foie gras producers, and a nearby summit between France and Spain approaching— not to mention two beautiful, brilliant women vying for Bruno' s affections. Complicating events even further, the professor in charge of the dig is soon reported missing, leading Bruno to suspect that the past and the present are bound up in dangerous ways. As summer approaches, the wine growing cooler and the fruit sweeter, Bruno's investigations take him indelibly deeper into contemporary Europe' s dark history of terrorist and counterterrorist tactics— and toward a dramatic finale. As savory as foie gras, as piquant as vin de noix, and as richly complex as the region' s truffles, The Crowded Grave is a feast for mystery lovers and Francophiles alike.