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43) The frozen rodeo
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 74
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It's early January on the ranch when they receive word that an ice storm is headed their way.
44) The knockout
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
When seventeen-year-old Kareena Thakkar finally admits she is a top-level Muay Thai fighter, knowing that might further alienate her from her Indian community, her classmates, especially handsome Amit, enthusiastically support her.
46) Phoenix
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"When their home is robbed, thirteen-year-old Phoenix Collins, an up and coming amateur dirt-bike racer, discovers a shocking mystery about his grandfather, and Phoenix must travel to China and then to Texas to find some answers"--
48) Savage Sam
Author
Pub. Date
[1976]
Language
English
Description
The son of Old Yeller helps his owners escape from the Apaches in the East Texas territory of the 1870s.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Mysti Murphy of Texas wishes she were a character in a book. If her life were fiction, she'd know how to solve her problems at school; take care of her family when her dad has to spend time in the hospital; and deal with her family's secret: that her mother is agoraphobic and never leaves the house"--
52) Lone stars
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
When Coach Coop, a former star player for the Dallas Cowboys, starts exhibiting side effects from the many concussions he suffered while playing professionally, twelve-year-old wide receiver Clay Hollis becomes determined to help him get through the football season until Thanksgiving, when Coach plans to attend a ceremony honoring him and his former Super Bowl-winning teammates.
53) Buffalo music
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
After hunters kill off the buffalo around her Texas ranch, a woman begins raising orphan buffalo calves and eventually ships four members of her small herd to Yellowstone National Park, where they form the beginnings of newly thriving buffalo herds. Based on the true story of Mary Ann Goodnight and her husband Charles; includes author's note about her work, with websites and a bibliography.
Author
Series
Calpurnia Tate volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"--
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 60
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"It's the day before Christmas, and Loper and Sally May have left Slim to manage the ranch while they go off to visit relatives for the holidays. But, just when it begins to look like another boring bachelor Christmas with Slim, guess who shows up on Slim's front porch with a plate of baked goodies for Hank? Miss Viola! At least, Hank assumes that the cookies are for him. Then, when a storm blows in and the electric fence separating a herd of steers...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When the Tate family dog, Ajax, has a run-in with a porcupine, things get prickly-and dangerous-quickly. It'll take Callie's quick thinking and doctoring, along with a little help from Dr. Pritzker, to make things right. Will Ajax learn to leave other critters alone?
58) Last breath
Author
Series
Morganville vampires volume 11
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When college student Claire Danvers learns that three of the vampires in Morganville have disappeared without a trace, only to discover that the last person seen with one of the missing vampires is a mysterious new resident named Magnus, she begins to suspect that Magnus is not a fellow-human.
59) Ghost town
Author
Series
Morganville vampires volume 9
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
While developing a new system to maintain defenses in Morganville, Texas, seventeen-year-old Claire Danvers discovers a way to amplify vampire mental powers which has an unexpected side-effect of causing residents, both human and vampire, to forget who they are.
60) One true wish
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Phoebe is a wish-granting fairy who does not believe in children, so when she crash-lands in the woods, she is surprised to meet three twelve-year-olds who could use a true wish, but first they must race against the clock to restore Phoebe's powers and get her back home.
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