Marooned in the Arctic: The True Story of ADA Blackjack, the Female Robinson Crusoe Volume 15 - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Peggy CaravantesSeries:Women of ActionAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2016-03-01Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Chicago Review PressISBN-13:9781613730980ISBN-10:1613730985UPC:9781613730980Book Category:Young Adult NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Adventure & AdventurersBook Topic:Women, HistoricalSize:8.40 x 5.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCRY742G5Y
Marooned in the Arctic: The True Story of ADA Blackjack, the Female Robinson Crusoe Volume 15
A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2017 In 1921, four men ventured into the Arctic for a top-secret expedition: an attempt to claim uninhabited Wrangel Island in northern Siberia for Great Britain. With the men was a young Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack, who had signed on as cook and seamstress to earn money to care for her sick son. Conditions soon turned dire for the team...
Series: Women of Action
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Chicago Review PressISBN-13:9781613730980ISBN-10:1613730985UPC:9781613730980Book Category:Young Adult NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Adventure & AdventurersBook Topic:Women, HistoricalSize:8.40 x 5.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCRY742G5Y
Peggy Caravantes is a former English and history teacher, middle school principal, and deputy school superintendent. She is the author of The Many Faces of Josephine Baker and more than a dozen other books for middle grade and young adult readers. Her books have been selected for the California Titles for Young Adults, Tri-State Books of Note, and Top Forty Young Adult Nonfiction Books lists.
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