
| The Brute - by Mike Klassen— A teenage boy confronts his own inner demons while facing down a Kansas twister
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| Reciprocity - by Art Crosser—Poetry - Reflections on the Texas panhandle wildfires of 2006
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| The God of Animals - by Aryn Kyle. A young girl narrates her family’s struggles on a horse ranch in a small Colorado town
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| Stormy Weather - by Paulette Jiles. Texas women weather storms in family & community—and the black dusters of the ‘30s
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| The Dalton Gang and their Family Ties by Nancy Ohnick— The story of the Dalton Gang hideout in Meade, Kansas
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| True Stories of a Young Cowboy by Gene Barksdale - A working ranch cowboy commits to paper the stories he once told around the campfire
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| My Pardner, from For the Love of a Horse by Max Evans— A young boy grows up fast driving a herd of horses across the high plains
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| A Soccer Season in Kansas from Antonio’s Gun and Delfino’s Dream - by Sam Quinones - The triumphant 2003 soccer season changed the lives of Garden City High School students |

| Everlasting - by Carol Johnson. Married off young to a much older man, a young woman forges a life in rural Oklahoma. |

| Amarillo, The Story of a Western Town - by Paul H. Carlson- A comprehensive history of Amarillo, from early settlement to economic hub of the High Plains |

| Kansas Troubles - by Earlene Fowler. This murder mystery was inspired by the quilting pattern of the same name |

| The Simple Life - by Donald Mace Williams. A novelist and newspaper editor reminisces about neighbors in Miami, Texas |

| Cimarron Chronicles, Saga of the Open Range
- by Carrie Schmoker Anshutz & M.W. “Doc” Anshutz; Edited by
LaDonna Meyers. First-person accounts by two early settlers in Crooked
Creek Valley near Dodge City |

| Grandfather's Christmas Tree - by Keith Strand A true story of a long loved christmas family tradition |

| My Prairie Christmas - by Brett Harvey. A little girl's first Christmas on the prairie is full of fear and joy. |

| Christmas at the Ranch - by Elmer Kelton. Ranch kids of the depression era in West Texas find their own ways to have fun at Christmas. |
 | The Christmas of the Phonograph Records -
by Mari Sandoz. A father's extravagant
purchase draws a community together at
Christmas. |