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85) Manhunt
Author
Language
English
Description
Alexandra Scott: Wilderness Woman. It had a terrific ring to it, but Alex felt a sudden twinge of terror. She'd traded in her Wall Street job and fancy condo for a cabin in the Alaska woods, and there was no turning back! She'd wanted to escape the rat race, to go husband-hunting where men outnumbered women four to one, but now she was here. . . and full of doubts. Then she spotted Michael Casey -- and the dizzyingly attractive pilot made her want...
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
“Part Annie Dillard, part Anne Lamott, essayist and NPR commentator Heather Lende introduces readers to life in the town of Haines, Alaska . . . subtly reminding readers to embrace each day, each opportunity, each life that touches our own and to note the beauty of it all.” —The Los Angeles Times
Tiny Haines, Alaska, is ninety miles north of Juneau, accessible mainly by water or air—and only when...
Tiny Haines, Alaska, is ninety miles north of Juneau, accessible mainly by water or air—and only when...
90) A night too dark
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Series
Language
English
Description
In Alaska, people disappear every day. In Aleut detective Kate Shugak's Park, they've been disappearing a lot lately. Not only are Park rats disappearing at an alarming rate, but so is life in the Park as Kate knows it. Alaska state trooper Jim Chopin's workload has increased to where he doesn't make it home three nights out of four, the controversial mine has seduced Johnny and his classmates with summer jobs and divided the Ninilta Native Association,...
94) So far and good
Author
Series
Cecil Younger investigations volume 8
Language
English
Description
"The verdict from the three-judge panel is in. Cecil Younger, bumbling criminal defense investigator and totally embarrassing father, has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison for his involvement in . . . well, a number of things, ranging from destruction of private property to killing a guy. But compared to the original twenty-five-year sentence, it's not so bad. His success with getting his sentence reduced has attracted the attention...
96) Against the sky
Author
Publisher
Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Alaska. In America's last wilderness there are no limits to what a man can do. For detective Nick Brodie, that means keeping the perps off the streets of Anchorage 24/7. Nick has never backed down from danger, but after the horrors he's seen, he's definitely in need of a break. Samantha Hollis never thought she'd meet anyone like Nick, especially in a place like Las Vegas. But after one reckless, passionate night, she discovers the charismatic stranger...
Author
Publisher
Porphyry Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In this history of life in an isolated ghost town, bestselling Alaska author Tom Kizzia unfolds a deeply American saga of renunciation and renewal. The spirit of Alaska in the old days -- impetuous, free-wheeling, and bounty-blessed -- lived on in the never-quite-abandoned mining town of McCarthy. While the new state boomed in the pipeline era, cagey old-timers and young back-to-the-landers forged a rough wilderness community that lived by its own...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
In 1934, eleven-year-old Terpsichore's father signs up for President Roosevelt's Palmer Colony project, uprooting the family from Wisconsin to become pioneers in Alaska, where Terpsichore refuses to let rough conditions and first impressions get in the way of her grand adventure.
99) Alaska
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Alaska. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--