The Disastrous Wrangel Island Expedition (Deadly Expeditions)

by Katrina M Phillips (Author) David Shephard (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
In 1921, Inupait seamstress Ada Blackjack joined a a group of four white men who wanted to establish a trading post on Wrangel Island in the freezing Arctic Ocean. The explorers were stranded on the island when their return ship was forced to turn back due to ice. Facing harsh conditions and dwindling food supplies, the men died one by one, but Ada remained. Find out how she alone managed to survive the disastrous expedition.
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The lesser-known 1921 Wrangel Island Expedition is chronicled in this graphic novel, part of the Deadly Expeditions series (4 titles). The book begins by introducing its two key players: Ada Blackjack (a young Inuit single mother from Nome, Alaska) and Vilhjalmur Steffansson (an aging white explorer of Icelandic heritage). Steffansson was determined to establish a European colony on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia. He assembled a five-man team of explorers, and Blackjack, desperate for money, joined them. While the writing is a bit stilted, the artwork makes the tale quite lively, especially once the expedition reaches the uninhabited island. Readers will become engrossed in the team's efforts to survive and be impressed with how Blackjack proves herself the most capable person there; indeed, she's the sole survivor. A map and additional information conclude.—Julia Smith "Booklist"
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781666322361
Lexile Measure
650
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
N/A
Publication date
January 01, 2022
Series
Deadly Expeditions
BISAC categories
JNF007000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
JNF038090 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Polar Regions
JNF025080 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Exploration & Discovery
JNF062020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | History
Library of Congress categories
Arctic regions
Russia (Federation)
Explorers
Women explorers
Discovery and exploration
Wilderness survival
Inuit
Blackjack, Ada
Inuit women
Wrangel Island (Russia)
Wrangel Island

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