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Author
Series
Jeremy Logan novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
A group of scientists sponsored by a major media conglomerate are sent on an expedition to Alaska's Federal Wilderness Zone, one of the most remote places on Earth. When the group makes an astonishing find, an ancient animal encased in solid ice that appears to a giant cat, the parent company quickly plans the ultimate spectacle - the animal will be cut from the ice, thawed, and revealed on live television. Ignoring the dire warnings of a local Eskimo...
2) The Inuit
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the Inuit, discussing their history, dress, survival skills, society, and more.
Author
Series
Northern lights (Bonnie Leon) volume 3
Publisher
T. Nelson
Pub. Date
©1997
Language
English
Description
In 1889 sixteen-year-old Luba marries a native Aleut against her parents' wishes and encounters contempt and indifference in his village where only her faith helps her to win out against hatred and ancient traditions.
7) Ice whale
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
℗2014.
Language
English
Description
In 1848, ten-year-old Toozak, a Yupik Eskimo, sees a whale being born and is told by a shaman that he and his descendants must protect that whale, which Toozak names Siku, as long as it lives.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"It's the 1920s, and Bo was headed for an Alaska orphanage when she won the hearts of two tough gold miners who set out to raise her, enthusiastically helped by all the kind people of the nearby Eskimo village"--
10) Never say die
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
©2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old half-Inuit Nick and his white brother, Ryan, meet and share an adventure on the Firth River in the Canadian Arctic, facing white water, wild animals, and fierce weather as Ryan documents the effects of climate change on caribou for National Geographic magazine.
Author
Publisher
Inhabit Media Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Nadia Sammurtok lovingly invites the reader into the amautik--the pouch in the back of a mother's parka used to carry a child--to experience everything through the eyes of the baby nestled inside, from the cloudlike softness of the pouch to the glistening sound of Anaana's laughter."--
Author
Publisher
Oberholtzer Foundation
Pub. Date
©2000
Language
English
Description
Ernest Carl Oberholtzer was a central figure in the struggle to preserve the wilderness areas of the Minnesota-Ontario border, as well as an important advocate for the creation of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Toward Magnetic North is the story of Ernest Oberholtzer and Billy Magee's exploration of the then uncharted area of Saskatchewan up to Hudson Bay and into Manitoba. Oberholtzer's photos and journal entries capture the spirit of the wild places...
Series
Publisher
Good Times
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A journey through our largest and least populous state, Alaska. Home of more than 60% of America's national parkland - some 54 million acres. Here the wilderness and wildlife are unspoiled by modern man, from Glacier Bay's massive fjords, and Mount McKinley's snow-capped summit, to brown bears feasting on salmon. The past is now preserved at historic Klondike Gold Rush, and Eskimo people who still hunt and fish the rugged, beautiful land. Ranging...
14) Ice drift
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In 1863, two young Inuits, fourteen-year-old Alika and his younger brother Sulu, must fend for themselves during the six months they are stranded on an ice floe drifting south from Ellesmere Island towards the Greenland Strait.
16) Snow Bear
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Bessie and a polar bear cub named Snow Bear play on the ice, while her older brother and the mother bear watch to make sure that everyone is safe.
Author
Series
Julie of the wolves trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
Author
Series
Kumak volume 2
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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.
20) Julie
Author
Series
Julie of the wolves trilogy volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.
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