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CROSSING
A CONTINENT The Incredible Journey of Cabeza de Vaca Lissa Johnston This is the story of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, the Spanish explorer and first European ever to set foot in some parts of what is now the American Southwest. He and a handful of survivors of a doomed mission to explore Florida, washed ashore on an island off the Texas coast in 1528. For eight years he wandered through what is now Texas, Mexico, and perhaps parts of Arizona and New Mexico, before finding fellow Spaniards near the Pacific coast of Mexico in 1536. When he finally returned to Spain, he wrote a report of his travels, including observations of the different Native American tribes with which he became familiar. |
$9.95 Paperback ISBN 1-57168-183-3 82 pages, 5½ x 8½ |
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Mr.
Green's Magnificent Machine by Bryan Woolley Illustrations by Scott Arbuckle “I love trains,” Mr. Green says. “I love all great machines, with their wheels and rods and gears! I love the stink of them and the noise of them!” People claim that Ned Green is odd. Eccentric. Peculiar. Rumor has it that he always carries a handful of diamonds in his pocket. And once, he even flew skyward in a balloon. But people are very interested in everything Mr. Green does, because he also is the biggest man in Dallas—meaning the richest. On October 5, 1899, Mr. Green makes history by driving Texas’ first motor car from Terrell to Dallas. A farmer’s wife says, “It’s a creature of the devil!” A blacksmith says, “This is the dangedest mess of metal I ever saw.” By the end of the day, though, Mr. Green and his companions have traveled thirty miles in only five hours, ten minutes. And Texas will never be the same. |
$15.95 Hardback ISBN 1-57168-606-1 32 pages, 8½x11 illustrated |
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FLIGHT
OF THE EAGLE By J.D. Haines If a boy in your life is struggling toward manhood, this could be the most important book he ever reads. Thirteen-year-old Jimmy faces life-altering choices and is headed down the path of self-destruction. Then he begins having a recurrent dream. The dream leads him to his mentor and a vision quest that changes him forever. Flight of the Eagle teaches a young man to: · Live a better life by choosing the right path. · Honor Native American traditions by revering nature and respecting others. · Use a warrior-like attitude to achieve goals in everyday life. |
$14.95 Hardback ISBN 1-57168-744-078 78 pages, 5½ x8½ illustrated |
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THE FEESTER FILIBUSTER by Molly Levite Griffis "Pearl Harbor got bombed. Rachel thought John Alan did it. He did not." That's how John Alan Feester sums up what happened in The Rachel Resistance. In The Feester Filibuster, which tells his side of the story, John Alan shows he's not a spy at all–even though he does a lot of spying to prove it. Spies may or may not lurk in the shadows, but mysteries still abound in Apache, Oklahoma. A package holding an angel begins to tell the untold story behind John Alan's mother. The previously silent Simon Green begins talking and can't seem to stop–and in the process reveals a secret about himself. And everyone keeps watch on whether blue stars turn to gold in the windows of residents like Mrs. Snow. To contact author: 405-366-6442 |
$18.95 Hardback ISBN 1-57168-693-2
$8.95 Paperback ISBN 1-57168-694-0 5½ by 8¼, 224 pages, glossary, bibliography, illustrations, ages 9-13 |
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COMANCHE
SONG By Janice Shefelman Illustrated by Tom Shefelman
It is white man’s year of 1840. Tsena, sixteen-year-old son of a Comanche peace chief, does not know that it is also the year white man will change his life forever. |
$14.95
Paperback ISBN 1-57168-637-1 5 ½ by 8 ¼, 256 pages, glossary. |
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BLUEBONNET
AWARD NOMINEE WHERE THE PIRATES ARE By Tom Townsend Written in the spirit of Tom Sawyer. . . an excellent choice for young Texans who love history, the tall ships and the lure of treasure. |
$6.95 Paperback ISBN 0-89015-553-4 96 pages, 5½ x 8½, glossary. Reading Level: 5.7 |
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POWDERHORN
PASSAGE By Tom Townsend A seafaring tale of the Texas Revolution and sequel to The Dark Ships. |
$14.95 Hardback ISBN 0-89015-642-5 112 pages, 5½ x 8½. Reading Level: 4.2 |
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THE DARK
SHIPS By Tom Townsend A sea story of the Texas Revolution involving Jean Lafitte and the Mexican navy. |
$6.95 Paperback ISBN 0-89015-680-8 112 pages, 5½ x 8½. Reading Level: 4.9 |
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CHICO AND
DAN By Harold Keith NEWBERY MEDAL-WINNING AUTHOR Harold Keith has spun a heart-warming story of
eleven-year-old Dan and a wild horse who was abandoned near the corral. |
$16.95 Hardback ISBN 1-57168-216-3 120 pages,5½ x 8½. illustrations. Ages 9 to 12 |
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THE
HAUNTED TUNNEL By Jacqueline Stem Bullies put Rip into an abandoned tunnel. An explosive and terrifying event helps solve a mystery for Jefferson, Texas. |
$8.95
Paperback ISBN 1-57168-310-0 136 pages, 5 ½ by 8 ½x. Reading Level: 5.1 illustrations, glossary, and bibliography |
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THE
SECRET OF LITTLE CREEK By Jacqueline Stem By Jacqueline Stem This time the mystery is based on the legend of buried gold hidden by outlaw Sam Bass. |
$14.95
Hardback ISBN 1-57168-293-7 136 pages, 5 ½ by 8 ½x. Reading Level: 5.4 illustrations and glossary |
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CELLAR
IN THE WOODS By Jacqueline Stem “...plot moves briskly with plenty of suspense and even a tiny touch of romance....”—SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL |
$14.95
Hardback ISBN 1-57168-115-9 152 pages,5 ½ by 8 ½ Reading Level: 5.4 illustrations and glossary |
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THE GHOST
FLYERS By Tom Townsend Mystery of a secret society that built a marvelous flying machine years before Kitty Hawk. |
$6.95 Paperback ISBN 0-89015-938-6 104 pages, 8½ x 11. Reading Level: 6.7 |
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GHOST
STORIES OF OLD TEXAS VOL. 1 By Zinita Fowler Stories to frighten and delight. |
$8.95
Paperback ISBN 1571680055 68 pages, 5½ x 8½. illustrated. |
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TRADER
WOOLY And the Secret of the Lost Nazi Treasure By Tom Townsend John "Trader" Wooly was an American student in Germany. In the first of this series, he gets involved with Nazis and a lost treasure. |
$8.95 Paperback ISBN 0-89015-893-2 108 pages, 5½ x 8½. glossary Reading level: 6.1 |
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TRADER
WOOLY And the Ghost in the Colonel's Jeep By Tom Townsend Working part-time in an army museum, Trader makes a startling discovery involving two crystals, time travel, and the ghost of Elvis Presley! |
$13.95 Hardback ISBN 0-89015-807-X 110 pages, 5½ x 8½. Reading level: 6.5 |
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