Brian Hutchison
1) As You Wish
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In Madison, a small town in the Mojave Desert, everyone gets one wish that will come true on his or her eighteenth birthday, and Eldon takes his very seriously.
Author
Language
English
Description
2 CHILDREN FOR SALE The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken dreams. It could have been written by any mother facing impossible choices. For struggling reporter Ellis Reed, the gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family's dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication. But when it leads to his big break, the consequences...
Author
Series
Guardians of justice volume 1
Publisher
Revell
Physical Desc
330 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
U.S. Marshal Jake Taylor is assigned to protect federal judge Liz Michaels, who he blames for the death of her husband--Jake's best friend--five years earlier, but as Jake starts warming up to Liz, the danger to her increases.
Author
Series
Guardians of justice volume 2
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
340 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Social worker Alison Taylor has a passion for protecting children and seeing that justice is served on their behalf, but when she starts getting harassing phone calls and bizarre "gifts," it seems she may be the one in need of protection.
Author
Series
Guardians of justice volume 3
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
351 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Kelly Warren claims her father's suicide was really murder, Detective Cole Taylor becomes embroiled in an investigation that reveals a startling secret.
6) Sharpshooter
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
411 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Western Heritage and Western Writers of America Spur Award-winning author Dusty Richards spins a thrilling new tale in the epic Byrnes family saga . . .
In the brutal, unforgiving wastes of the Arizona desert, Chet Byrnes built a cattle ranching empire with his bare hands, steel will, and a fast draw. As the U.S. marshal, he risks his life to bring law to a lawless land.
When a new railroad route is planned to pass through Navajo territory, Chet...
7) Flesh & bone
Author
Series
Rot and Ruin volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
469 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Benny, Nix, Lou, and Lilah journey through a fierce wilderness that was once America searching for the jet they saw months ago, while evading fierce animals and a new kind of zombie.
8) Dust & decay
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
First Simon & Schuster BFYR paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
519 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In post-apocalyptic America, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura and his friends set out into the great Rot & Ruin hoping to find a better future but are soon pitted against zombies, wild animals, insane murderers, and the horrors of Gameland.
9) Fire & ash
Author
Series
Rot and ruin volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
537 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Benny and his friends learn that a scientist may have discovered a cure for the zombie plague, they mount a search and rescue mission, unaware that the reapers want the cure to wipe humanity off the face of the earth.
10) Picture Perfect
Author
Publisher
Berkley Pub Group
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
To the outside world, they seem to have it all. Cassie Barrett, a renowned anthropologist, and Alex Rivers, one of Hollywood's hottest actors, met on the set of a motion picture in Africa. They shared childhood tales, toasted the future, and declared their love in a fairy-tale wedding. But when they return to California, something alters the picture of their perfect marriage. A frightening pattern is taking shape-a cycle of hurt, denial, and promises,...
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
200 p.
Language
English
Description
Idaho, 1879. When the McCandles gang shoots up a small town, seventeen-year-old Joseph Roper decides to bring them to justice, alone. Decades later in 1938, he tells his story to an interviewer with the Federal Writers Project.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the world of the coyote discusses the animal's history, its wide-ranging habitats, and its possible future.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
312 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Loner sets out for another bloody showdown with the outlaws responsible for his wife's violent and senseless murder--and discovers his true enemy was far closer than he thought"--P. [2] of cover.
14) A caller's game
Author
Publisher
Hampton Creek Press
Pub. Date
c2021
Physical Desc
415 p.
Language
English
Description
"I'm going to offer you a choice." Controversial satellite radio talk show host, Jordan Briggs, has clawed her way to the top of the broadcast world. She doesn't hold back, doesn't spare feelings, and has no trouble sharing what's on her mind. Her rigorous pursuit of success has come at a price, though. Her marriage is in ruins, she hasn't spoken to her mother in years, and she's distanced herself from all those close to her. If not for her young...
15) Firestick
Author
Series
Firestick volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In his mountain-man days, Elwood 'Firestick' McQueen was practically a living legend. His hunting, tracking, and trapping skills were known far and wide. But it was his deadly accuracy with a rifle that earned him the Indian name 'Firestick.' His two best buddies are Malachi 'Beartooth' Skinner--whose knife was as fatal as a grizzly's chompers--and Jim 'Moosejaw' Hendricks, who once wielded the jawbone of a moose to crush his enemies in the heat...
16) I refuse
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter between two childhood friends, including one who escaped an abusive father, reveals how their fortunes have reversed.
17) Texas Blood Feud
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Language
English
Formats
Description
"To read a Dusty Richards novel is to journey back into the Old West with a writer who knows the territory." --Jory Sherman
The Byrnes family came to Texas and carved out a place on the land. Three generations who paid in blood and treasure. Children carried off by Comanche. A brother lost to war. Lives shattered. Chet Byrnes was trying to hold the ranch together through one more winter for one
...18) Snowbound
Author
Publisher
A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In this powerful biographical novel, Richard Wheeler tells the amazing tale of the American explorer and hero, John Fremont, and his attempt to find a railway route to the west along the 38th parallel.
Trapped in the snowbound Colorado mountains, Fremont must fight his way out. He battles the frigid elements in a harrowing journey over the backbone of the continent. In this tale of desperate danger and fierce courage, Wheeler presents the reader...
Author
Series
Loner volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Pub. Corp
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
314 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
They came from the sea, a former ship captain named Owen Bird who inherited a Texas ranch from his brother. A former pirate named "Black Terrance" Malone, who has arrrived in the once peaceful Rattlesnake Valley with a crew of sea dogs to do his dirty work. And dirty work it will be, as Black Terrance begins a campaign of thieving and threatening, even targeting Bird's beautiful young niece. Into this storm rides the Loner, Conrad Morgan, son of the...
Author
Publisher
A Signet Book
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Horse trader Will Summers wasn't looking to be anybody’s hero, let alone stop a bank robbery led by the son of Gunn Point’s most powerful man. He’d rather hit the trail than try to take on the rest of the robbers, who are hell-bent on skinning his hide. But when the local sheriff is injured and his deputy outmatched, Will knows that things are only going to get worse. With an enigmatic gunhand as his only ally, Will is going to have to outshoot-...