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The Great Death /

As their Alaskan village's only survivors of sickness brought by white men one winter early in the twentieth century, sisters Millie, aged thirteen, and Maura, ten, make their way south in hopes of finding someone alive.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smelcer, John E., 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Sisters > Fiction.
Survival > Fiction.
Voyages and travels > Fiction.
Orphans > Fiction.
Death > Fiction.
Epidemics > Fiction.
Indians of North America > Alaska > Fiction.
Alaska > History > 1867-1959 > Fiction.
Sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Voyages and travels > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Death > Juvenile fiction.
Epidemics > Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America > Alaska > Juvenile fiction.
Alaska > History > 1867-1959 > Juvenile fiction.
Description
Summary:As their Alaskan village's only survivors of sickness brought by white men one winter early in the twentieth century, sisters Millie, aged thirteen, and Maura, ten, make their way south in hopes of finding someone alive.
Physical Description:166 pages ; 20 cm.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:9780805081008 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0805081003 (hardcover : alk. paper)