Richmond, Indiana, was a place where people knew their neighbors and went to church on Sundays. Now, Niven tells a survival tale of a different kind her own thrilling, excruciating, amazing, and utterly unforgettable adventure in a midwestern high school during the 1980s. She received high praise for her follow- up arctic adventure, Ada Blackjack, which detailed the life of one woman who overcame enormous odds to survive. Book Synopsis Jennifer Niven quit her job as a television producer to write the true story of a doomed 1913 Arctic expedition in her first book, The Ice Master, which was named one of the top ten nonfiction books by Entertainment Weekly, and won the Barnes & Noble Discover Award. About the Book The author of the critically acclaimed Arctic exploration books The Ice Master and Ada Blackjack tackles her most harrowing expedition of all-high school.
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