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Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Chris McCandless, a twenty-four-year-old who walked into the Alaskan wilderness on an idealistic journey and was found dead of starvation four months later. Attempts to discover what led the young man to that point.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. • Now an acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU.
“Fantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song.” —San Francisco...
“Fantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song.” —San Francisco...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of NFL player and army soldier Pat Tillman, describing his death by friendly fire, in an account that draws on Tillman's journals and letters as well as interviews with family members and fellow soldiers.
Author
Publisher
Villard
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
The author relates his experience of climbing Mount Everest during its deadliest season and examines what it is about the mountain that makes people willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the experiences of several women in Missoula, Montana, who claimed to be raped by University of Montana football players, highlighting the inequities of the law in regard to rape allegations and the treatment of rape victims and perpetrators.