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| Alone Across the Arctic |
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Dog Sledding
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Pam Flowers
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Ann Dixon
Illustrator
Photos by Pam Flowers
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books, 2001
Follow Anna, Douggie, their six dog teammates and Pam, the only human, on their year-old 2,5000 mile trip across the top of the world.
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| Alone Across the Arctic |
Subsection
Journeys
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Pam Flowers
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Ann Dixon
Illustrator
Pam Flowers
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books, 2001
Follow Anna, Douggie, their six dog teammates and Pam, the only human, on their year-old 2,5000 mile trip across the top of the world.
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| Runaways on the Inside Passage |
Subsection
Journeys
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Joe Upton
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books, 2002
Thirteen year-old twins, a brother and sister set off in November with the elderly fishing partner from Seattle in search of their father who they think is in Sitka. Can they weather the winter storms by themselves when their guide becomes very sick?
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| Alaska Life |
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| Free Radical |
Subsection
Playing in Alaska
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Claire Rudolf Murphy
Publisher
Clarion, 2002
Set in Fairbanks, Luke is a normal 15 year-old with a dream of making the all-star baseball team, then he finds out his mother is a fugitive and wants to turn herself in.
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| Whaling Season: A Year in the Life of an Arctic Whale Scientist |
Subsection
Working in Alaska
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Peter Lourie
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin, 2009
Craig George is the son of children's author Jean Craighead George. He is a scientist who studies whales from Barrow. What would it be like to have his job for a year. Find out in this book!
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| Alaska Native Peoples |
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| Aleutian Sparrow |
Subsection
Aleut
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Karen Hesse
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry, 2003
A moving story of Vera, a teenager who is forced to relocate with her fellow villagers when the Japanese invade the Aleutians.
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| Water Sky |
Subsection
Inupiat
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Jean Craighead George
Publisher
Harper & Row, 1987
A young man comes to Barrow looking for his uncle and is ultimately confronted with a dilemma--to hunt the whale or save it.
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| Whaling Season: A Year in the Life of an Arctic Whale Scientist |
Subsection
Inupiat
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Peter Lourie
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin, 2009
Craig George is the son of children's author Jean Craighead George. He is a scientist who studies whales from Barrow. What would it be like to have his job for a year. Find out in this book!
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| Touching Spirit Bear |
Subsection
Tlingit
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Ben Mikaelsen
Publisher
HarperCollins, 2001
Cole is banished to a year in the wilderness after he severely injures a boy in a fight.
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| Touching Spirit Bear |
Subsection
Way of Life
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Ben Mikaelsen
Publisher
HarperCollins, 2001
Cole is banished to a year in the wilderness after he severely injures a boy in a fight.
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| Water Sky |
Subsection
Way of Life
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Jean Craighead George
Publisher
Harper & Row, 1987
A young man comes to Barrow looking for his uncle and is ultimately confronted with a dilemma--to hunt the whale or save it.
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| Whaling Season: A Year in the Life of an Arctic Whale Scientist |
Subsection
Way of Life
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Peter Lourie
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin, 2009
Craig George is the son of children's author Jean Craighead George. He is a scientist who studies whales from Barrow. What would it be like to have his job for a year. Find out in this book!
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| Alaska Places |
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| Revolver |
Subsection
Alaska Regions
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher
Roaring Brook, 2009
A story full of suspense involving a 14 year-old boy, the Colt revolver his father taught him to shoot, and a stranger claiming he's owed half of the gold stashed at the remote cabin where the boy sits with his father's frozen corpse.
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| Runaways on the Inside Passage |
Subsection
Alaska Regions
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Joe Upton
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books, 2002
Thirteen year-old twins, a brother and sister set off in November with the elderly fishing partner from Seattle in search of their father who they think is in Sitka. Can they weather the winter storms by themselves when their guide becomes very sick?
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| Free Radical |
Subsection
Where We Live
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Claire Rudolf Murphy
Publisher
Clarion, 2002
Set in Fairbanks, Luke is a normal 15 year-old with a dream of making the all-star baseball team, then he finds out his mother is a fugitive and wants to turn herself in.
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| Water Sky |
Subsection
Where We Live
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Jean Craighead George
Publisher
Harper & Row, 1987
A young man comes to Barrow looking for his uncle and is ultimately confronted with a dilemma--to hunt the whale or save it.
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| Friends and Families |
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| Touching Spirit Bear |
Subsection
Dealing with Change
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Ben Mikaelsen
Publisher
HarperCollins, 2001
Cole is banished to a year in the wilderness after he severely injures a boy in a fight.
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| Revolver |
Subsection
Relationships
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher
Roaring Brook, 2009
A story full of suspense involving a 14 year-old boy, the Colt revolver his father taught him to shoot, and a stranger claiming he's owed half of the gold stashed at the remote cabin where the boy sits with his father's frozen corpse.
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| Runaways on the Inside Passage |
Subsection
Relationships
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Joe Upton
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books, 2002
Thirteen year-old twins, a brother and sister set off in November with the elderly fishing partner from Seattle in search of their father who they think is in Sitka. Can they weather the winter storms by themselves when their guide becomes very sick?
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| From Alaska's Past |
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| Revolver |
Subsection
Gold Rushes
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher
Roaring Brook, 2009
A story full of suspense involving a 14 year-old boy, the Colt revolver his father taught him to shoot, and a stranger claiming he's owed half of the gold stashed at the remote cabin where the boy sits with his father's frozen corpse.
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| Aleutian Sparrow |
Subsection
World War II
Level
Ages 12 & up
Author
Karen Hesse
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry, 2003
A moving story of Vera, a teenager who is forced to relocate with her fellow villagers when the Japanese invade the Aleutians.
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