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Smoke Jensen novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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On the eve of the Civil War, Kirby Jensen is the youngest of three children living on a hardscrabble ranch in Southwestern Missouri. But in 1861 shots were fired in Charleston harbor, and Kirby's father and brother went to war. Back at home, waves of violence crash over Kirby and his family, until the boy quickly becomes the man called "Smoke", riding with Brigg's Marauders, coming up against violent killers like Frank and Jesse James, and proving...
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Language
English
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Plain, independent Lidie Harkness, impatient with the restrictions placed on women in mid-nineteenth century Illinois, jumps at the chance to marry New England abolitionist Thomas Newton and travel with him to the Kansas Territory where they embark on a dangerous quest to stop the spread of slavery.
Author
Series
Orphan Train adventures volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who takes refuge with the Kelly family in Missouri after fleeing the attack on Lawrence, Kansas, by William Quantrill and his Confederate raiders.
Author
Publisher
Michael Frederick
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"A random coin toss made by an encyclopedia salesman. A mail-order Charles Atlas course. Two lazy alcoholic parents. A rich kid named Kaladi (sounds like potty). A secret love named Helen. All of these and a thousand other quirky things helped launch Adam Pitt into that rarified air where the ordinary becomes legendary. It was the early 1970's in Pittsville, Missouri--that awful, wondrous season in Americana when talented small-town athletes...
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English
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After fifteen years of growing up in the Ozark hills with his widowed mother, high-school freshman Boady Sanden is beyond ready to move on. He dreams of glass towers and cityscapes, driven by his desire to be anywhere other than Jessup, Missouri. The new kid at St. Ignatius High School, if he isn't being pushed around, he is being completely ignored. Even his beloved woods, his playground as a child and his sanctuary as he grew older, seem to be closing...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
When Jake Limberleg brings his traveling medicine show to a small Missouri town in 1913, thirteen-year-old Natalie senses that something is wrong and, after investigating, learns that her love of automata and other machines makes her the only one who can set things right.
Author
Publisher
Medallion Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Missouri, 1910. John Hartmann is graduating from high school under the critical eye of his father and has no idea what options lie beyond the family farm and his small town. When Paul Bricken, nineteen and blind, buys a brand-new Ford Model T and suggests John drive him to Yellowstone National Park, John jumps at the chance. He's less enthusiastic about inviting Henry Brotherton, who's loud, crude, and a bigot--but Henry's available both as a second...
9) Sooner
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Publisher
Troll Communications
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
With the realization that his father may not return now that the Civil War is over, thirteen-year-old Tyler finds himself the man of their Missouri farm and the master of a new dog, the strikingly colored Sooner.
Author
Series
Orphan Train adventures volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After being taken in by Captain Taylor and his wife in Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and his friend Todd Blakely join the Union army as musicians and see the horrors of war firsthand in Missouri.
11) Missouri
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Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Missouri"--Provided by publisher.
14) Huckleberry Finn
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Language
English
Description
Twain's classic story of a boy and an escaped slave as they float down the Mississippi on a raft.
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Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In 2017, President Obama, in his final Oval Office interview, was asked who gave him hope for the future of the country, and Jason Kander was the first name he mentioned. Suddenly, Jason was a national figure. As observers assumed he was preparing a run for the presidency, Jason announced a bid for mayor of Kansas City instead and was headed for a landslide victory. But after eleven years battling PTSD from his service in Afghanistan, Jason was seized...
Series
Quick response research report volume 165
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Survey taken after the May 4, 2003 tornados indicate tornado warnings were adequate and timely in large communities but not in small communities, particularly for rural areas, where tornado warnings also significantly differ across timing and sociological factors.
Author
Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Irish immigrant Maggie Malone wants no part of the war. She'd rather let "the Americans" settle their differences-until her brothers join Missouri's Union Irish Brigade, and one of their names appears on a list of injured soldiers. Desperate for news, Maggie heads for Boonville, where the Federal army is camped.
19) Chasing dreams
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Series
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English
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"Joanna Chandler always dreamed of becoming an attorney. But when she left law school to help care for her dying mother, stepping away from her single-minded pursuit gave her space to reconsider. The only question is, if not law, what should she do with her life? To keep her mind off an uncertain future, Joanna helps her older sister, Phylicia, throw an amazing outdoor wedding on the charming Missouri property the three Chandler sisters own together....
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