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Death in the jungle : Murder, betrayal, and the lost dream of Jonestown / Candace Fleming.

Fleming, Candace, author.
2025
YA BP 605.P46 F546 2025
On loan from Midgrade/YA Collection, due 02. Oct 2025
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Title
Death in the jungle : Murder, betrayal, and the lost dream of Jonestown / Candace Fleming.
Author
Fleming, Candace, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780593480076 (library binding)
0593480074 (library binding)
9780593480069 (hardcover)
0593480066 (hardcover)
Published
New York, NY : Anne Schwartz Books, [2025]
Copyright
©2025
Language
English
Description
356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
YA BP 605.P46 F546 2025
Dewey Decimal Classification
299.93
988.1/1
279.99 b
Summary
A chronicle of one of American history's most notorious cults, a book including first-person accounts follows Jim Jones from humble origins to "Jonestown" in Guyana, South America, and traces his transformation of Peoples Temple into a nefarious experiment in mind control.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-343) and index.
Audience
Ages 12-17
Grades 7-9
860L Lexile.
Awards
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, 2026
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Beginnings
Relocating
Radicalizing
Exodus
Jonestown
After.

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