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White fang

White Fang is part dog, part wolf - and the only one of five tiny cubs to survive. In his lonely world, he soon learns to follow the harsh law of the North - kill or be killed.
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Going rogue

an American life
Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin shares details about her life, family, and political career, and describes her views on faith and the trials of being a high-profile working mother.
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Swim Polar Bear Swim

Polar Star is a smart and brave little bear who always makes his mom feel proud of him. But when the time comes for him to learn how to swim, Polar Star has problems.
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The great serum race

blazing the Iditarod Trail
The story of the heroic role played by sled dogs, including the Siberian husky Togo, in the delivery of antitoxin serum to those stricken with diphtheria in 1925 Nome. Includes historical notes about the event as well as about the Iditarod Sled Dog Race which commemorates it.
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Recess at 20 below

Discusses how kids who live and go to school in Alaska spend their recess when it is twenty below zero, with photographs.
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Into the wild

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity , abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter....
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Alaska's 12 days of summer

Uses the rhythm of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" to introduce some animals of Alaska, from a black bear in a spruce tree to twelve Dall sheep leaping, presenting facts about each.
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Sarah

how a hockey mom turned Alaska's political establishment upside down
A biography of Alaska's first elected female governor, Sarah Palin, and describes her childhood, her family life, and highlights her political career, which began in the early 1990s.
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Polar meltdown

The twins Ben and Zoe are sent to an Alaskan village in the far north to investigate the death of a mother polar bear and find and rescue her two orphaned cubs.
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