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The Great Death (2009)

by John E. Smelcer(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0805081003 (ISBN13: 9780805081008)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

review 1: This story takes place in a remote village in Alaska in 1917. Two white men and their guide visit the village to photograph the people and the guide is covered with red spots from head to toe. After they leave, everyone in the village falls ill and dies except for two sisters, Maura and Millie, ages 13 and 10. The sisters must travel down river in the winter to find others who survived the epidemic. Along the way they encounter some life threatening obstacles, which they overcome with courage and determination.I think young readers won't be able to put this one down. The author does an incredible job of describing how the illness progresses through the village and how the people are to weak to bury the dead. It is gruesome and most realistic. I think young readers w... moreill find this story of survival most fascinating.
review 2: Finished this book in record time, only took me a few hours to get through the whole thing. I really enjoyed this story, it held a lot of historical value and portrayed the hardships of Millie and Maura very well. The whole story was very riveting, it seemed that just when things couldnt get any worse, they did. But the perserverence of the sisters was truly admirable and the ending was simple yet satisfying. I would definitely recomend this to my friends. less

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