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Between Two Worlds

by Katherine Kirkpatrick

Inspired by a true story, Between Two Worlds is an impassioned coming-of-age novel set in a land of breathtaking beauty and danger, where nature and love are powerful and unpredictable forces.

On the treeless...

Lone Wolves

by John Smelcer

A half-Indian with an outcast wolf as lead dog, Deneena attempts the Great Race to prove herself and her heritage.

The Icarus Project

by Laura Quimby

More than anything, Maya wants to discover something incredible. Her parents are scientists: Her mother spends most of her time in tropical rainforests, uncovering ancient artifacts, and her dad is obsessed...

Trouble on the Voyage

by Bob Barton

The Henrietta Maria has been trapped in the Hudson Strait for two months finally breaking free August 6, 1631 to search for a northwest passage. The crew knows it must leave Hudson Bay by early October to avoid...

Connie Morgan in Alaska (Illustrated)

by James B. Hendryx & H. W. Clarke

This carefully crafted ebook: "Connie Morgan in Alaska” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Excerpt: "Connie Morgan, or as he is affectionately called by the big,...

Edge of Nowhere

by John Smelcer

"More psychological depth than Robinson Crusoe."—Frank McCourt

Praise for Lone Wolves:

"A beautiful and moving story of courage and love."—Ray Bradbury

"Powerful, eloquent, and fascinating, showcasing a vanishing...

Shadows from the Singing House

by Helen Caswell & Robert Mayokok

This multicultural children's book contains legends and myths from the Eskimo people along with traditionally-drawn illustrations.

The Singing House is where the Eskimos assembled in the ancient days to sing...

Polar Bears Past Bedtime

Magic Tree House #12

by Mary Pope Osborne & Sal Murdocca

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!

It's icicle city…when the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie to the frozen...

Boundary

by Heather Terrell

After surviving the Hunger Games-like Testing, Eva becomes the Aerie’s first female Archon. The second installment of the Books of Eva continue the harrowing struggle between past and present, Aerie and Boundary....

Relic (The Books of Eva I)

by Heather Terrell & Ricardo Cortés

The truth will test you...

For fans of Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games: high fantasy and dystopia meet in this high-stakes tale of a civilization built on lies and the girl who single-handedly brings it...

Blonde Eskimo: A Novel

by Kristen Hunt

Neiva Ellis is caught between worlds-Alaska and the lower forty-eight, white and Eskimo, youth and adulthood, myth and tradition, good and evil, the seen and unseen. Just initiated into one side of the family's...

Kumak's Fish: A Tale of the Far North

by Michael Bania

On a beautiful Arctic morning, Kumak looks out the window of his house at the sun rising over the frozen river. "Ahhh, spring," says Kumak to his family. "The days are long, the nights are short, and the ice...

Kumak's House: A Tale of the Far North

by Michael Bania

In an Inuit interpretation of popular Yiddish folktales, a family complains of cramped accommodations-then learns a lesson about being happy with what they have-in Kumak's House: A Tale of the Far North by Michael...