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Bad Day at Riverbend

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By Chris Van Allsburg
Publisher HMH Trade
Bad Day at Riverbend
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Riverbend was a quiet little town, the kind of place where one day was just like all the rest and nothing ever happened. Occasionally the stagecoach rolled through, but it never stopped, because no one ever came to Riverbend and no one ever left. The day the stagecoach stood motionless in the center of town, Sheriff Ned Hardy knew something was terribly wrong. What was the mysterious substance on both coach and horses? It would not come off. Soon it was everywhere in the tidy little village. Something had to be done, and Sheriff Hardy aimed to do it.

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1043 words1,043 words
32 pages32 pages
Lexile AD750LLexile AD750L
Grade K to 6Grade K to 6
Age 5-11Age 5-11
Published 1994Published 1994

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Hear it posse Hear it flesh Hear it countryside Hear it sheriff Hear it jailhouse Hear it hideous Hear it greasy Hear it fellow Hear it loopy Hear it stagecoach Hear it saddle Hear it horizon Hear it broomstick Hear it ridge Hear it bravery Hear it grief Hear it scarred Hear it motionless Hear it blacksmith Hear it mysterious Hear it brilliant Hear it devil Hear it muffled Hear it overhead

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Hear it posse Hear it countryside Hear it jailhouse Hear it coachman Hear it greasy Hear it loopy Hear it privy Hear it stagecoach Hear it broomstick Hear it cottonwood Hear it grief Hear it blacksmith Hear it mysterious Hear it brilliant
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Book ISBN:

9780395673478

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