At the head of the hard riding, harder-fighting Company 'C' of the Texas Light Cavalry, a young Confederate States' Army captain played havoc with the Yankees in Arkansas.He struck when least expected, with the raging fury of a Texas twister, and left destruction as great as any whirlwind in his wake. Fearing for his rank and position, General Trumpeter, commanding the Union's Army of Arkansas, issued an order. The officers responsible for carrying it out knew that doing so would be anything but easy.The order said: 'No matter how it is done, capture or KILL Dusty Fog!'
A sprawling Arizona county is open for the taking, and the East Coast sharpies are moving in. But the land grabbers and bank robbers are in for a fierce battle when they come up against rancher Stone Hart and his gang. The fight for the range explodes into war when notorious reinforcements join up the Stone--including a lady named Calamity.
Acclaimed author Karen Hesse's Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma. Out of the Dust joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!"Dust piles up like snow across the prairie. . . ."A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her mother is gone. Her father can't talk about it. And the one thing that might make her feel better -- playing the piano -- is impossible with her wounded hands.To make matters worse, dust storms are devastating the family farm and all the farms nearby. While others flee from the dust bowl, Billie Jo is left to find peace in the bleak landscape of Oklahoma -- and in the surprising landscape of her own heart.
A startling and gripping novel, Suzy, Suzy follows a teenage girl trying to understand the chaos of her family life. Suzy lives in a dysfunctional household. She can't stand her mother; her father is keeping secrets; and her brother only seems to egg on their parents' erratic and unpredictable behaviour. Alongside her friends, Suzy finds herself drawn into the downward spiral of her parents' relationship, and as a result is drawn into the centre of a mystery surrounding a murder. Forced to make impossible choices, Suzy must navigate the increasingly disturbing antics of her family and the oddities of the mystery she finds herself involved in, while also trying to survive the horrors of secondary school. Narrated by a troubled young woman, the novel weaves a tale of secrets, lies and betrayal in the pressure cooker of her formative years. William Wall is an underrated Irish master with a powerful, distinctive writing style, and an uncanny ability to create astonishingly complex and well-realised female protagonists.
The Cousins family might not have been much in the way of law-abiding citizens, but they were loyal when it came to kin. And when Marshall Collier shot one in a bank raid, the Cousins rode out for vengeance--and Collier was in no condition to tangle with the whole bunch.