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Sweet Home Alaska

by Carole Estby Dagg

Ages: 9+

Published: 2016

Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin

ISBN: 978-0-399-17203-8

Keywords: Pioneers, Depressions (Economic)

During the Great Depression, Terpsichore's family moves to Alaska. Although exposed to many hardships, she falls in love with Alaska, and with pluck, keeps her family there.