alaska

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The leaving year

a novel
"As the Summer of Love comes to an end, 15-year-old Ida Petrovich waits for a father who never comes home. While commercial fishing in Alaska, he is lost at sea, but with no body and no wreckage, Ida and her mother are forced to accept a "presumed" death that tests their already strained relationship. While still in shock over the loss of her father, Ida overhears an adult conversation that shatters everything she thought she knew about him. This prompts her to set out on a search for the truth that takes her from herWashington State hometown to Southeast Alaska, where she works at a salmon cannery, develops love for a Filipino classmate, and befriends a Native Alaskan girl. In this wild, rugged place, she also begins to understand the physical and emotional bonds that took her father north and why he kept them secret--a journey of discovery that ultimately brings her family together and helps them heal."--Provided by publisher.

Frozen stiff

Cousins Cody and Derek take a kayak trip in Alaska and find themselves battling the raw elements of an untamed wilderness.

Island war

"In 1942 13-year-olds Izzy and Matt become trapped on an Japanese-occupied Aleutian island when the rest of the American population is evacuated and must survive on their own for the duration of World War II"--Provided by publisher.
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The ocean in my ears

2017
"In small-town Alaska in the 1990s, high school senior Meri's determination to escape for a more exciting place wanes as she struggles with family, grief, friends, and hormones."--Provided by publisher.
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Alaska and Hawai?i

2017
Looks at the natural landforms, animals, plants, climate, and culture of the Alaska and Hawaii.

May finds her way

the story of an Iditarod sled dog
"May sets out on the last great race on earth as excited as only a good sled dog could be with 1,049 miles of trail ahead of her. Then a mishap leaves the little sled dog lost and alone in the wilds of Alaska. Not particularly wise, brave, or big, May will somehow have to find her way home. It will take all her fortitude to do so."-- Jacket flap.
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The call of the wild

An adaptation of Jack London's novel in which the dog hero, Buck, is stolen from his home and pressed into service as a sled dog in the Klondike.

Before I let go

Returning to her small Alaska home town after her bipolar best friend's death, Corey uncovers chilling secrets about the townspeople and their treatment of Kyra prior to her drowning.
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The great alone

2018
"Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America's last true frontier. At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt's fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night ... there is no one to save them but themselves."--Provided by publisher.
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