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Lexile/Reading Level
810L

Genre/Category
Fiction | Realistic

Historical Time Period
Contemporary
Topic
Raising Cattle | Ranches | State & County Fairs
Geographic Region
United States - America
Main Character
Girl(s)
Award-Winning Book
IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award
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Beef Princess of Practical County

Author: Houts, Michelle

After years of waiting, it is finally Libby Ryan’s turn to shine at the Practical County Fair. Libby is filled with excitement as she and her granddad pick out two calves for her to raise on her family’s cattle farm, in hopes of winning the annual steer competition. Against her father’s advice, Libby gives the calves names, even though both steers will eventually be auctioned off. After a few months of preparing for the Practical County Fair, Libby finds that she is growing closer to her steers with each passing day, and the pressure to win Grand Champion is mounting.

Luckily, Libby can count on her best friend to get her through most of the county fair chaos. Yet once reality sets in and she realizes that her steers will soon be sold to the highest bidder, the chaos in Libby’s heart becomes
too much to bear.

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Lexile/Reading Level
690L

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1800s
Topic
Death and Loss | Intergenerational Relationships | Ranches
Geographic Region
New Mexico | United States - America
Main Character
Girl(s)
Format
Book | Ebook

Meet Josefina: An American Girl (American Girls: Josefina #1)

Author: Tripp, ValeriePart of a Series: American Girls: Josefina

Josefina Montoya is growing up on a rancho near Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1824. Ever since Mama died a year before, Josefina and her three sisters have been struggling to carry on without her. One bright fall day, happy news arrives–their beloved grandfather is returning home after a long trading trip. Josefina knows that he will bring exciting stories and wonderful treasures from his journey. But this time he brings something more–a great surprise that Josefina and her sisters never even dreamed of!”

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Lexile/Reading Level
640L

Genre/Category
Adventure | Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1920s
Topic
Crimes | Moonshine | Mystery | Ranches
Geographic Region
Texas | United States - America
Main Character
Boy(s)
Award-Winning Book
Children's Crown Christian Book Award
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Moonshiner’s Gold

Author: Erickson, John

When fourteen-year-old Riley goes to investigate some strange activity on a remote section of his family’s ranch, he meets up with a group of renegades running a moonshine still. Riley knows that this never would have happened while his father was alive, but ever since his daddy died it’s been a struggle to keep the ranch safe. Fortunately, Riley’s Grampy shows up just in time to help. With Grampy in the lead, the family sets off to find the truth, and gets caught up in a crime ring that extends farther than any of them ever imagined. A compelling mystery, this book combines an intriguing cast of characters with an oft-overlooked period in American history.

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Lexile/Reading Level
690L Recommended for 7-9 Grades

Genre/Category
Classics | Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1800s
Topic
Cowboys | Ranches | Westerns
Geographic Region
Montana | United States - America | Wyoming
Main Character
Man/Men
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Virginian

Author: Wister, Owen

Loosely based on the Johnson County War of 1892, a bloody clash between big landowners and small ranchers in Wyoming, Owen Wister’s “The Virginian “is the classic saga of a man who embodied the spirit of a growing nation–a novel that inspired five movie versions and the popular TV series.”When you call me that, SMILE!”

He wasn’t looking for fame or glory. He wasn’t looking for war. The man they called the Virginian was earning his way off the land, mingling his sweat and blood on the rich Montana soil as a trusted foreman for a rich man’s ranch. Somewhere along the line he made an enemy, made a choice and then made a stand. . .In the eyes of a woman, he was a man of contradictions, as violent as he could be tender. In the eyes of others, he became a hero, a man who had the courage to draw his gun and use it against his enemies–and the courage to stand for justice without it.

“Owen Wister has come pretty near to writing the American novel.It contains humor, pathos, poetic description, introspective thought, sentiment, and even tragedy.” –“New York Times””

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Lexile/Reading Level
1090L

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction

Date
1900s
Topic
Growing Up - Coming of Age | Ranches | Westerns
Geographic Region
Colorado | United States - America
Main Character
Boy(s)
Format
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Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches #1)

Author: Moody, RalphPart of a Series: Little Britches

In 1906 Littleton Colorado, near Denver, Ralph Moody 8 learns how to be a man from his father and cowboy Hi. Mother Mame tries to enforce Sunday bible standards. The family of seven build a ranch, participate in auctions, roundups, picnics. They suffer from irrigation wars, tornado wind storms, flood, gain and lose stock. 1950 literary debut continues for 8 books.

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Lexile/Reading Level
440L

Genre/Category
Adventure | Fiction | Mystery

Topic
Mystery | Ranches | Rescues
Main Character
Boy(s) | Girl(s)
Format
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Mystery Ranch (The Boxcar Children #4)

Author: Warner, Gertrude ChandlerPart of a Series: Boxcar Children

Eccentric Aunt Jane needs help on her ranch. The Aldens overturn a plot against her.

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