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Lexile Measure
820L
Summary
Lance Kilkenny has a debt to pay. Hes determined not to let the friend who saved his life go down in a range war. But when Kilkenny tries to stop the fighting, he finds there's more at stake than land and wire. Whoever is stirring up trouble has big ideas for the Live Oak country and has an army of hired guns to back them up. Nita Riordan, the beautiful and fiery owner of the Apple Canyon Saloon, warns Lance that the mystery man orchestrating the...
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Hank the Cowdog volume 13
Lexile Measure
760L
Summary
Accompanying Slim and Little Alfred into town on a Christmas shopping trip, Hank and Drover run up against a gang of toughs so mean and heartless, it's a wonder they ever make it back to the ranch.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 24
Lexile Measure
670L
Summary
When he gets blamed after one of Eddy the raccoon's tricks backfires, Hank's search for the missing Eddy leads him and his sidekick Drover to a haunted house.
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A classic fictional chronicle of life on the open trail, long considered the best and most reliable account of real cowboy life ever written. In the years following the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Andy Adams left his home in San Antonio Valley and took to the range. Here he charts his first journey as a bona fide cowboy, from south Texas to Montana along the western trail.
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First published in 1903, "The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days" by American author Andy Adams is the fascinating and captivating tale of an 1882 cattle drive of 3,000 head of cattle up the Great Western Trail from the Rio Grande to just south of the Canadian border in Montana. While written as a fictional narrative, "The Log of a Cowboy" is rich with authentic detail of the old west, due largely to the fact that the author Adams...
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Lexile Measure
850L
Summary
Ronan Chantry, with his prized Ferguson rifle, meets hostile Indians, a beautiful girl looking for treasure, and her treacherous uncle.
"It began with gold that had once belonged to Montezuma. Stolen and cached in a church in Mexico, it was recovered by two army officers who fled north for the French settlements. Along the way one stabbed the other to death. The remaining officer was eventually killed by Plains Indians, but he buried the treasure...
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Hank the Cowdog volume 10
Lexile Measure
770L
Summary
Hank the Cowdog gets into more and more trouble before he is able to find a happy solution to his problems.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 25
Lexile Measure
780L
Summary
Hank the cowdog and his sidekick Drover find themselves confronting a huge storm in the middle of the night.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 2
Lexile Measure
750L
Summary
Hank the Cowdog almost loses his job as Head of Ranch Security when he develops a case of Eye-Crosserosis.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 37
Lexile Measure
680L
Summary
Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, and assistant deputy Drover engage in an epic battle with the coyotes, Rip and Snort, as they all seek some meaty treats.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 18
Lexile Measure
840L
Summary
Unsupervised for the day, Hank the cowdog and his human friends, Little Alfred and Slim Chance, mind the ranch with humorous results.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 15
Lexile Measure
810L
Summary
Pete the barncat swindles the intrepid cowdog out of his job as Head of Ranch Security.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 63
Lexile Measure
710L
Summary
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.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 23
Lexile Measure
710L
Summary
"In his latest hilarious adventure, Hank meets Eddy the Rac, an orphan raccoon rescued by Slim. Despite the fact that cowdogs and coons don't make the most natural of buddies, Hank and Eddy must team up and act fast before "Moonlight Madness" takes over. An entertaining tale with a happy ending."--Provided by publisher.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 29
Lexile Measure
690L
Summary
In his own modest way, Hank the Cowdog recounts how he barely escaped crazy Slim and his tail-eating vacuum sweeper and single-handedly saved the ranch from a huge catastrophe.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 9
Lexile Measure
790L
Summary
Hank the cowdog has one of the scariest adventures of his life when he and his cowardly companion, Drover, find themselves in a strange and spooky place on Halloween night.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 8
Lexile Measure
820L
Summary
Hank the cowdog goes to the rescue as a wild, one-eyed horse creates havoc on the ranch but some of his outrageious stunts get him into more trouble than he bargained for.
20) Mr. Tucket
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Lexile Measure
830L
Summary
In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild. Fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family by wagon train. When he receives a rifle for his birthday, he is thrilled that he is being treated like an adult. But Francis lags behind to practice shooting and is captured...