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English
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In 1917, Aaluk leaves for Siberia while her sister Nutaaq remains in their Alaskan village and becomes one of the few survivors of an influenza epidemic, then in 1986, Nunaaq's great-granddaughter leaves her mother due to a different kind of sickness and returns to the village where they were born
Author
Language
English
Description
Six years ago Maddie lived in Washington D.C. with her father, a Secret Service agent assigned to the President's family, and her best friend was Logan, the President's son; but after her father was wounded in an attempted kidnapping the two of them moved to a remote cabin in Alaska and Logan never replied to her letters-- but now he has suddenly turned up on her doorstep, and, while she has no attention of forgiving him for his silence, she soon...
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Language
English
Description
Alaskans Luke, Chickie, Sonny, Donna, and Amiq relate their experiences in the early 1960s when they are forced to attend a Catholic boarding school where, despite different tribal affiliations, they come to find a sort of family and home
Author
Language
English
Description
Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through...
Author
Series
Raven duet volume 1
Language
English
Description
In the year 2098, grieving her father and angry with her mother, fifteen-year-old Kelsa joins the magical Raven on an epic journey from Utah to Alaska to heal the earth by restoring the flow of magic that humans have disrupted
Author
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1875, a young Inupiat boy travels the length of the Kobuk River with his family, from its source in the mountains of northern Alaska to Kotzebue Sound, where they join others for an annual trade fair.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
158 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this fabumouse adventure, the Thea Sisters head to Alaska, where they're attending a conference held by an important ecological association. Their host and his family are native Alaskans, who show the mouselings their favorite games and activities. But soon there's trouble - the Thea Sisters discover that someone is upsetting the ecosystem by blowing up the ice with explosives! Can the Thea Sisters figure out what's going on and save the day?"...
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Series
Kumak volume 3
Language
English
Description
Watching the river ice break up after eight frozen months, papa Kumak comments to his family, "As sure as seagulls return in spring, that river will come to visit us today." Indeed it does--as Kumak and his neighbors watch from the roofs of their stilt-based homes, the water rises behind a temporary jam to carry away the village's oil drums, fish tubs, net floats and toys, as well as the boat into which Kumak has herded his motley pack of dogs. The...
Author
Series
Kumak volume 1
Language
English
Description
Set in an Inupiat village in the northwest Arctic, this retelling of a familiar tale describes how a wise woman helps a complaining Eskimo family realize that they should appreciate the home they have. Includes a note describing the traditional Inupiat activities seen in the story
Author
Publisher
Traitor Dachshund, the children's imprint of Minted Prose, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Jasper the dachshund hears about the world's biggest dog sled race in Alaska, he just knows he can win. And when his family goes to watch the race, he decides to enter. Jasper tries every position, but he's too little and doesn't fit into the sled's harness. That doesn't stop him. Jasper sneaks aboard a team sled and finds a way to become a part of the team. His yappy enthusiasm keeps them moving, and Jasper learns how much energy it takes to...
13) Frozen stiff
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Language
English
Formats
Description
In this compelling adventure story two cousins, Cody and Derek, set out on an Alaskan kayak trip, expecting to return before their mothers even realize they are gone. Soon--and without warning--the two find themselves battling the raw elements of an untamed wilderness
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
25 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Molly and her family take a trip to their favorite berry-picking spot, but their fun is cut short by a swarm of pesky bugs!"--Page [4] of cover.
15) Running wild
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
195 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When living in the Alaskan wilderness with her survivalist father becomes intolerable, 12-year-old Willa sets out on a journey of escape with her younger brothers"--
16) Song for a whale
Author
Language
English
Description
Iris is about to go on a grand road trip to make sure the loneliest whale in the ocean is finally heard. From fixing the class computer to repairing old radios, twelve-year-old Iris is a tech genius. But she's the only deaf person in her school, so people often treat her like she's not very smart. If you've ever felt like no one was listening to you, then you know how hard that can be. When she learns about Blue 55, a real whale who is unable to speak...
Author
Series
Kumak volume 2
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
On a beautiful Arctic morning when Kumak and his family go ice fishing, Kumak hooks what seems like an enormous fish, and the entire village gets involved
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1934, eleven-year-old Terpsichore's father signs up for President Roosevelt's Palmer Colony project, uprooting the family from Wisconsin to become pioneers in Alaska, where Terpsichore refuses to let rough conditions and first impressions get in the way of her grand adventure.
Author
Series
Maynard Moose tales volume 1
Publisher
August House LittleFolk
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Resets Hans Christian Andersen's tale The ugly duckling in the Northern Piney Woods of Alaska, where a baby moose is raised by a family of ducks who try to teach him to waddle, quack, and fly, but can't see his true beauty
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