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1) True grit
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Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America's foremost writers. True Grit is the basis for two movies, the 1969 classic starring John Wayne and the Academy Award® winning 2010 version starring Jeff Bridges and written and directed by the Coen brothers.
True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith,...
True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith,...
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
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The Crucible meets True Grit in this riveting adventure story of a fugitive girl, a mysterious gang of robbers, and their dangerous mission to transform the Wild West. In the year of our Lord 1894, I became an outlaw. The day of her wedding, 17 year old Ada's life looks good; she loves her husband, and she loves working as an apprentice to her mother, a respected midwife. But after a year of marriage and no pregnancy, in a town where barren women...
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Six of crows Book 1
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
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"Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction--if they don't kill each other first"--Provided by publisher.
9) Dark canyon
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Gaylord Riley sets up a cattle ranch bordering Dark Canyon, a tough stretch of country used by rustlers and desperate men when they are in trouble.
11) Big Jake
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Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
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Big Jake McCandles, is a husband who hasn't seen his wife in over 18 years. But he returns home after his grandson is kidnapped by a vicious outlaw gang. While the law gives chase in rickety automobiles, Jake saddles up with an Indian scout and a box of money--even though paying a ransom isn't how Jake plans to exact good old frontier justice.
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A to Z mysteries. Main series Book 23
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2004]
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While visiting their friend Wallis and her adopted daughter on Mount Desert Island, Maine, Josh, Dink, and Ruth Rose investigate why three white wolf cubs were stolen, and by whom.
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Queen's thief Book 1
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Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
14) Babar's mystery
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H. Abrams
Pub. Date
2004.
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While vacationing at Celesteville-on-the-Sea, the Babar family matches wits with a bold gang of thieves.
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A to Z mysteries. Main series Book 14
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Random House
Pub. Date
c2001
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When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit a dude ranch in Montana, they find themselves with another mystery to solve, this one involving the theft of money from the ranch's safe and of a large gold nugget that Josh had found.
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Dance of thieves Book 2
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
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An ominous warning overshadows Kazi and Jase's return to Tor's Watch before a violent attack separates the pair, forcing them to pursue unexpected alliances.
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Magic misfits Book 1
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
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"Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner and his goons"--
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Dark life novels (Kat Falls) Book 2
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011
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Ty discovers an entire township chained to a sunken submarine, its inhabitants condemned to an icy underwater grave. It's only the first clue to a mystery that has claimed hundreds of lives and stands to claim two more -- - lives very precious to Ty and his Topsider ally, Gemma.
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