oklahoma

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oklahoma

Cattle trails and cowboys

2004
A color-illustrated look at cowboys in the American West from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century, which describes daily life on the cattle trail and ranches in the 1800s and the impact of cattle drives on Native Americans and settlers.

Fire in the hills

1996
After her mother's death, sixteen-year-old Hallie faces changes in her life in the hills of eastern Oklahoma in 1918, as she takes over caring for her family and begins thinking about life as a woman.

Oklahoma facts and symbols

2003
Presents information about the state of Oklahoma, its nickname, motto, and emblems.

Lejos del polvo

1999
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.

Believe in me

2007
Coach Clay Driscoll seems to have everything going against him when a school board decision makes him the new coach of the girls' team.

Out of the dust

1997
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.

Angels in the dust

1997
Great-grandma Annie reminisces about life on her family's Oklahoma farm during the terrible drought of the 1930s when the region was known as the "Dust Bowl.".

The dog who thought he was Santa

2007
In 1957, problems at the mine threaten to ruin Christmas for fifth-grader Don, his family, and the rest of their Oklahoma coal town, but Don's bloodhound, Frank, is determined to do whatever it takes to make the holiday special for Don and his six-year-old sister, Susan. Alternate chapters are told from the human and canine points of view.

Jingle dancer

2000
Jenna, a member of the Muscogee, or Creek Nation, borrows jingles from the dresses of several friends and relatives so that she can perform the jingle dance at the powwow; also includes a note about the jingle dance tradition and its regalia.

Paradise

1998
Four young women living in a convent near Ruby, Oklahoma, are viciously attacked in 1976 after residents become convinced the women are the source of the problems that have been sweeping the exclusively African-American community.

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