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1) Soiled Dove
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Life in Calico is ripe with opportunity for an industrious gal. Ginnie Roberts enjoys the party life, drinking and entertaining in the upstairs rooms over the saloon where she works. When she runs into a handsome cowboy who would rather talk than have a tussle under the sheets, she's intrigued, if not disappointed.
Totally smitten and determined to woo her, Clint is up for the challenge of trying to sweet talk Ginnie away from her life as a saloon...
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Recovering from the death of his brother, Chet Bowman is finally finding a sense of normalcy. He's through hiding from the world on his ranch, and he's tired of being alone. He's ready to act on his long-time attraction to Lil Kersey, the sultry saloon owner who runs his favorite watering hole.
While his relationship with Lil blossoms, their courtship comes under fire from the former marshal of Calico, now gone rogue. As Austen Riley ramps up his...
3) Calico Bride
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After the death of her parents, it broke Brianna Campbell's heart to send her younger brother out west on the mercy train, but with no means of supporting him, she hoped that he'd find someone to take him in. When she is finally able, she sets out for Calico, California, to reclaim him, and make a home to start a new life together. With no time for love, she doesn't count on meeting a handsome rancher who makes her heart race.
Needing help for his...
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Amanda Bradshaw, a librarian from modern day New York City, is suddenly transported to Calico, a small 1880s era western town. Without warning, she becomes the new schoolmarm in Calico instead of a librarian. Bewildered by this sudden change in scene, she is befriended by the marshal, Austen Riley, and a sympathetic saloon owner named Lil. Riley is a man with dark secrets and an axe to grind with rancher Matt Mallory, who turns Amanda's life inside...
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Some people dream of life in simpler times, but even simpler times can be complicated. White hats don't always belong to the good guy, grudges get settled by the working end of a revolver, and saloon girls aren't always prostitutes. Settle in, as the people of Calico make this old west town come alive. New Prints in Old Calico Mysteriously transported back to the old west, Amy finds that the line between good and evil isn't always clear as she encounters...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 7
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We all know the movie and storyline well. But have you experienced the original? Influenced by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, L. Frank Baum created this classic story and fantasy using the dream of young Dorothy on her journey home to demonstrate the theme of good vs. evil. Throughout her adventure, she encounters several newfound friends: a scarecrow, a tin woodman, and a cowardly lion. They traverse the land of Oz together by following...
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Maddie Sinclair loves Harlan Calhoun and would do almost anything to secure his attention for her own. Anything including trading her second best dress for a bag of herbs guaranteed to make him fall in love with her.
But after baking them into a batch of gingerbread cookies, Maddie has an attack of conscience. Too late, Harlan eats the cookies and immediately proposes. Now, Maddie has to confess the truth and hope that Harlan understands.
Harlan...
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Grapevine CanyonA must do hike for everyone. Remember when you were a kid and first walked into a library? You likely were in awe. When you enter this canyon you will be in awe again.
The pictographs and petroglyphs will amaze you. The ancient people here most certainly wanted others to know about their existence.
Do this hike when you can. In the meantime download this book to view some of the great pictures you will encounter when you make the...
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Calico volume ninth
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Two Lines Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"A collection of Latin American horror short stories in translation"--
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Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
©2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
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An adaptation, for young readers, of "The Last of the Mohicans," in which Hawkeye, a young frontier scout, and Chingachgook, a Mohican Indian, form an unlikely friendship as they attempt to guide two sisters through hostile country in search of their father during the French and Indian War.
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Magic Wagon
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©2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations" in which Pip, an orphan in Victorian England, is plucked from a life of poverty and informed he is to be educated and reared as a gentleman.
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Magic Wagon
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©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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An illustrated retelling of H.G. Wells's classic tale in which, late one night, a man covered in bandages wanders into a village. The villagers soon grow suspicious of the stranger. When the villagers attempt to arrest him, the stranger suddenly reveals his secret--he is invisible.