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Title details for The Great Death by John Smelcer - Wait list

The Great Death

by John Smelcer
Lorna Raver
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The Great Death arrived with the man from downriver, the one who came with the light-colored strangers and had little red spots covering his body. Thirteen-year-old Millie and her younger sister, Maura, are fascinated by the guests, but soon sickness takes over their village and they have little time to think of anything else. As they watch the people they know and love die of the plague, the sisters begin to realize that they will have to set out on their own to find a new home. 
Alone in the cold Alaskan winter, struggling to overcome the obstacles nature throws their way, the girls discover that their true strength lies in their love for each other. 
 
“An extraordinary story of feminine courage. A small miracle.” —Tony Hillerman

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  • Release date

    December 22, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780739371787
      • File size: 106337 KB
      • Duration: 03:41:32

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 6.1
    • Lexile® Measure: 940
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 4-6

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Native American author Smelcer's story draws on his grandmother's stories of the 1917 influenza pandemic that killed more than half of Alaska's Native population. Lorna Raver keeps listeners on the edge of their seats as she tells of two girls, the only survivors in their small village, who set out to save themselves. When two strange white men enter their village in the company of a Native, they change everything forever. The fear and distress of the villagers is made palpable as an unknown illness invades their lives, snatching young and old alike. The courage of the girls as they face the unknown in the midst of grief and danger is a story of human survival at its most inspiring. N.E.M. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:6.1
  • Lexile® Measure:940
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:4-6

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