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Saga of the Sierras volume 6
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When the Americans and Mexicans go to war over California, Will Reed and his family are caught in the middle with no where to go.
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English
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After learning that she needs a liver transplant and that her time may be limited, Callie Vanetta decides to move out to her late grandparents' farm, which hasn't worked in years. Callie fears that making the farm operational may be too much work; but things look up when a handsome, mysterious stranger offers to trade work for shelter. What initially seemed like an ideal temporary situation begins to look more permanent, and Callie has to try and...
Author
Series
Saga of the Sierras volume 7
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
First cattle drive in California occurs with the help of Andrew Sinnickson.
4) Sierra City
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Publisher
Bella Books
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Chris McKenna gladly escaped the crowds of Yosemite to work as the new Search and Rescue in tiny Sierra City, nestled just west of Lake Tahoe. A loner by nature, she didn't mind the seclusion of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Jessie Stone, a successful but reclusive writer, is haunted by memories of her childhood and finally returns to Sierra City after sixteen years to confront her past . . .
Can the odd assortment of residents of this small mountain...
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Series
American adventures (Lee Roddy) volume 9
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When Hildy Corrigan's unemployed father announces the family is moving away from their friends just before Christmas, 1934, Hildy feels anger and pain; but adventure beckons when she and friends track a stolen horse in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where a dangerous convict and a snowstorm threaten their lives.
7) Get a clue
Author
Publisher
Brava
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
City girl Breanne Mooreland gets left at the altar, takes the flight from hell to her honeymoon - alone - loses her luggage, and ends up snowed in at a Sierra mountains lodge run by the kookiest staff this side of the Addams Family. Oh, and there's a gorgeous naked man taking a shower in her suite who says he isn't going anyware.
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Shotgun Johnny volume 1
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English
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"Armed with his weapons of choice--two sawed-off, double-barreled shotguns in custom-made holsters for pistol-quick draws--Shotgun Johnny ain't stopping for no one . . . not unless they want to die. Johnny Greenway was once a family man. A well-respected marshal who always played fair. Then his wife and son were killed by cutthroats. Johnny killed the killers. Then he hung up his badge and picked up a bottle. Now a shadow of his former self, he has...
Author
Series
Saga of the Sierras volume 5
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c1992, c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Tom Dawson finds himself in a difficult position when a group of Confederate conspirators tries to gain power in the California goldmines during the Civil War.
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English
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the High Sierras. But Smoke Jensen and his children, Louis and Denise, won't let a little snow stop them from heading to Reno for the holidays. There are two ways for them to get there: the long way, going around the Sierra Nevada Mountains, or the short way, going right through them. Smoke decides to take a gamble. They'll follow the trail that, decades earlier, brought the legendary Donner Party to...
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English
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Based on true events, this compelling survival story by award-winning novelist Jane Kirkpatrick is full of grit and endurance. 1844. The Stevens-Murphy company left Missouri to be the first wagons into California through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mostly Irish Catholics, the party sought religious freedom and education in the mission-dominated land. When a heavy snowstorm hits in October, the party separates in three directions. Now young Mary Sullivan,...
Author
Series
Saga of the Sierras volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A tragic accident sends Joshua Roberts west to find peace. But in a lawless mining town, peace is hard to find. Burned nearly to death under the desert sun, he is brought back to life by the hands of a stranger. The powerful blacksmith now faces challenges he never dreamed of and responsibilities he never wanted. Hired to work at the Silver Rim Mine, Roberts is unaware that the mine's future is threatened by the designs of greedy and unscrupulous...
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Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
"The packer's business is guiding mule trains into mountains where wagons can't travel. It's a life of danger, long days, and low pay. But for those wedded to the wilderness and inaccessible high country, it is the only life there is. During the Great Depression, young Ty Hardin is sent from his family's failing Montana ranch to learn from the last of the great packers, Fenton Pardee, legendary in the Montana Rockies for his packing adventures across...
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Ruby McGavin novels volume 2
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English
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"Ruby never thought she'd return to Cardinal, but she's hoping the place and people who gave her so much can give her brother Nash-who's been drowning in drink in Nashville-the fresh start he so desperately needs. Saddlemaker Lucas McGavin is thrilled that Ruby has come back. He hasn't given up on his love for her, despite the awkward fact that she is his brother's widow, and he's well aware that this may be his last chance to win Ruby's heart. When...
17) Mountain dog
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.
Author
Series
Saga of the Sierras volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
19) The falconer
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
When India Blake realizes that she has let her life pass without living her dreams of adventure, she makes a list of things to do before she dies of cancer, one of which is to fly falcons. Thus she meets Rhjodri, a master falconer, and discovers that it is passion which has been missing from her life, passion for another human being. A first novel.
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English
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Stella Harrison thought she got away from the traumas of her past. Running the Sunrise Lake resort high in the Sierra Nevada mountains has brought her peace, even though she doesn’t truly share her quiet life with anyone. Not even Sam, the hired handyman that notices everything and always seems to know exactly what she needs.
Stella doesn’t know anything about Sam’s past, but somehow over the last two years his slow, steady presence has slipped...
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