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1) June
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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As June leaves her Michigan home to become the mail-order bride of a Washington State preacher, readers will learn the important lesson that God is ever faithful, even when we don't understand his plan or purpose in our lives.
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Series
Yukon quest volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Alaska in the late 1800s: Miranda Colton, presumed dead, finds herself under the care of a native Alaskan and a botanist from England, Teddy Davenport. Longing to find her friends and continue north, Miranda fears that her chances diminish with each passing day. Teddy is deeply committed to his research of the unique Alaskan frontier. Despite his intentions, Miranda awakens a deep tenderness in his character. As their friendship blossoms, Miranda...
3) My Ántonia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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MY ANTONIA is the wistful tale of an immigrant girl from Bohemia, who has settled in Nebraska. Narrated by Antonia's childhood friend Jim Burden, the novel draws heavily upon Willa Cather's own formative years, as well as, through the persona of Jim, Cather's experience of New York, where she worked as Editor of the MCCLURE magazine. MY ANTONIA is the third in a sequence of Cather's works which deal with immigrant settlers in the USA. Writing as a...
4) O pioneers!
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Swedish farmer John Bergson's daughter Alexandra encourages the family members to help keep his dream alive after his death.
5) Prairie Rose
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Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Hope and love blossom on the untamed prairie as a young woman searching for a place to call home happens upon a Kansas homestead during the 1860s . . . A Town Called Hope, the inspiring series set in post–Civil War Kansas, is the creation of best-selling romance writer Catherine Palmer. In the fast-paced Prairie Rose, impulsive nineteen-year-old Rosie Mills takes a job caring for the young son of widowed homesteader Seth Hunter in order to...
6) Prairie fire
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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1998 HOLT Medallion finalist! / 1998 finalist for Romantic Times Reviewers Choice!
The fictional town of Hope discovers the importance of forgiveness, overcoming prejudice, and the dangers of keeping unhealthy family secrets.
Jack Cornwall lost everything during the Civil War, so when his beloved nephew Chipper is reclaimed by his father, Cornwall vows revenge on the man who took away his last link with the past. Arriving in the town...
The fictional town of Hope discovers the importance of forgiveness, overcoming prejudice, and the dangers of keeping unhealthy family secrets.
Jack Cornwall lost everything during the Civil War, so when his beloved nephew Chipper is reclaimed by his father, Cornwall vows revenge on the man who took away his last link with the past. Arriving in the town...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
After a diphtheria epidemic takes the lives of both her husband and daughter, Lily Nolan continues her work in a traveling medicine show. When the troupe arrives in the small town of Hope, KS, in 1866, Lily encounters Elijah Book, a preacher caring for an orphaned baby, and agrees to look after the child. Although attracted to the kindly Elijah, Lily distrusts him because of the childhood abuse she suffered at the hands of her preacher father.
Prairie...
Prairie...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Elizabeth and Wynn find that their commitment to God and to each other gives their life meaning. Can their love for each other sustain them through a harsh winter, loneliness, and rigors of life without any of the conveniences they're used to?"
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Series
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Unforgettable Courage and Romance From Lauraine Snelling Warming countless hearts and bringing history to life, Lauraine Snelling's Sisters of the Confederacy is an exciting tale of courage, adventure, and romance. After finding her expected safe haven destroyed, Jesselyn Highwood must decide where to turn next. With no place left to go, Jesselyn decides to head west on the Oregon Trail. Here she encounters hardship, danger on the journey--and love....
11) Hope
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Wanted: Women with religious upbringing, high morals, and a strong sense of adventure, willing to marry decent, God-fearing men. Applicants may apply by mail. Must allow at least two months for an answer.
Mail-order bride Hope Kallahan is not amused when her stagecoach is waylaid by a bunch of bumbling outlaws. The feisty beauty is puzzled by the oddball in the group—the disarmingly kind Grunt Lawson. She doesn't know that Grunt is really...
Mail-order bride Hope Kallahan is not amused when her stagecoach is waylaid by a bunch of bumbling outlaws. The feisty beauty is puzzled by the oddball in the group—the disarmingly kind Grunt Lawson. She doesn't know that Grunt is really...
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Series
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Will the War's End Bring the Highwood Family Together Again? When a disastrous decision by the new wagon master forces Jesselynn Highwood and her companions to separate from the wagon train, she races back to Fort Laramie to find a guide to take them to Oregon. But the guide has a far different plan, and following her heart, Jesselyn agrees to join him, her rag-tag band in tow. The ensuing journey is fraught with hardship and danger. Is hope for the...
14) My 'Antonia
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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The spirited daughter of Bohemian immigrants, Antonia must adapt to a hard existence on the desolate prairies of the Midwest. Enduring childhood poverty, teenage seduction, andfamily tragedy, she eventually becomes a wife and mother on a Nebraska farm. A fictional record of how women helped forge the communities that formed a nation.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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A woman ahead of her time, Mary Breydon knew how to get things done. Raised on a Virginia plantation, she learned how to care for livestock, respect her workers, and keep good books. But after her husband is killed, Mary must provide for her young daughter by running a stage coach station on the Cherokee Trail. With the help of an Irish maid and a mysterious stranger, Mary faces challenges that even the men eagerly anticipating her failure would have...
16) Faith
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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A whimsical historical romance series that follows three sisters as they become mail-order brides.
17) Hondo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
He was etched by the desert's howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and the ways of staying alive. She was a woman alone raising a young son on a remote Arizona ranch. And between Hondo Lane and Angie Lowe was the warrior Vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white men. Now the pioneer woman, the gunman, and the Apache warrior are caught in a drama of love, war, and honor.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Love Comes Softly introduces the characters of Marty and Clark Davis, whose tragic circumstances brought them to a "marriage of convenience" on the frontier prairies during the mid 1800s. Clark's patient, caring love mirrored that of the heavenly Father, drawing Marty to faith and to love.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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California's gold country, 1850. Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. Then she meets Michael Hosea, a man who seeks his Father's heart in everything. He obeys God;s call to marry Angel and to love her unconditionally. Defying Angel's every bitter expectations, despite her resistance her frozen heart begins to thaw. But overcome by feelings of unworthiness and fear,...
20) Roses for Mama
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Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Summary : It had all turned out to be so strange, so ironic. Angela Peterson's family had moved west because her mother had not been well and the doctor said the cooler, clear air of the region might be easier on her lungs. Her father sold the farm and loaded everything they could take with them in three wagons. They found new land and a new life, setting about to build another farm. Her mother's health did improve--at least for a while. Then a...