Marooned in the Arctic: The True Story of ADA Blackjack, the Female Robinson Crusoe Volume 15

by Peggy Caravantes

Book Overview

A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2017

In 1921, four men ventured into the Arctic for a top-secret expedition: an attempt to claim uninhabited Wrangel Island in northern Siberia for Great Britain. With the men was a young Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack, who had signed on as cook and seamstress to earn money to care for her sick son. Conditions soon turned dire for the team when they were unable to kill enough game...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1613730985
• ISBN13: 9781613730980
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12