Susan Patron
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
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Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.
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Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 7
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The residents of Hard Pan, California, come together to help Brigitte and Lucky when the County Health Department threatens to close down the cafe, and meantime Miles's life is complicated by his mother's return.
3) Lucky Breaks
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
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Having reached the mature age of eleven in the tiny California town of Hard Pan (population 43), Lucky discovers that there is still much to learn about friendship, parental trust, and the Milky Way galaxy.
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Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In the "wild west" of an 1880s California gold-mining town, Angeline investigates the supposed murder of her father, a famous criminal lawyer, who she and her mother are certain is still alive. Includes historical notes and instructions for making a mask from muslin.
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Pub. Date
p2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Newbery Award-winning author Susan Patron brings her talents to the beloved Dear America series in this exciting story of a girl growing up in the Wild West, in a California gold mining town.Growing up in the wild gold-mining town of Bodie, California, in the 1880s, Angeline Reddy has seen it all -- saloons, brawls, and a whole lot of desperation. When her father, Bodie's greatest lawyer, is declared murdered, Angie knows deep in her heart that he...
6) Burgoo Stew
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Pub. Date
1991
Description
In this variant of "Stone Soup". old Billy Que tames a group of rough hungry boys.