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Smelcer, John

The Great Death

166 pp. | Holt | October, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8050-8100-8 $15.99
(1) 4-6 Sisters Millie and Maura are the only survivors of a smallpox epidemic that rips through their Alaskan Native village in 1917. Facing peril, they set off downriver to find--they hope--other survivors. Smelcer's prose is clean yet rich, original yet unpretentious, and he provides more than enough detail (e.g., how to kill and clean a porcupine) to satisfy die-hard survival-story junkies.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2009

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