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Caravantes, Peggy

Marooned in the Arctic: The True Story of Ada Blackjack, the "Female Robinson Crusoe"

194 pp. | Chicago | March, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-61373-098-0 $19.95
(3) YA Women of Action series. In 1921, four men and a young Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack set off of an expedition to uninhabited Wrangel Island north of Siberia. While all four men died or disappeared during the trip, Blackjack managed to stay alive until she was rescued--no small feat in the Arctic. A well-written, well-sourced survival story, punctuated by a handful of (questionably relevant) sidebars. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Kristy Pasquariello

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