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(0)Ralph Moody
Author
Series
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
[c1956]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
After his father dies, Little Britches has to take over his father's position as man of the family, and his work on a cattle ranch tests him more than any other experience ever has.
Author
Series
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[1963]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Ralph Moody, just turned twenty, had only a dime in his pocket when he was put off a freight in western Nebraska. It was the Fourth of July in 1919. Three months later he owned eight teams of horses and rigs to go with them. Everyone who worked with him shared in the prosperity—the widow whose wheat crop was saved and the group of misfits who formed a first-rate harvesting crew. But sometimes fickle Mother Nature and frail human nature made
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Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
[1950]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Ralph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved to a Colorado ranch. Through his eyes we experience the pleasures and perils of ranching there at the dawn of the century. Auctions and roundups, family picnics, irrigation wars, tornadoes, and windstorms provide authentic color. So do adventures, wonderfully told, that prepare Ralph to take his father's place. The first volume of Moody's little Britches series, this time-tested favorite...
Author
Series
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
[1962]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Skinny and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by a Boston doctor to seek a more healthful climate. Going west again is a delightful prospect. His childhood adventures on a Colorado ranch were described in Little Britches and Man of the Family, also Bison Books. Now nineteen years old, he strikes out into new territory hustling odd jobs, facing the problem of getting fresh milk and leafy green vegetables. He scrapes around...
Author
Series
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
[1953]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
The Moody family moves from Colorado to Mass. in 1912 as Ralph enters his teen years. He finds city life troubling so is sent to his grandpa's farm in Maine where he finds understanding and kindness, especially from the pretty girl next door.