Between Two Worlds

Kids, Teen, Action/Adventure, General Fiction, Fiction - YA
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Author: Katherine Kirkpatrick ISBN: 9780375899249
Publisher: Random House Children's Books Publication: April 8, 2014
Imprint: Wendy Lamb Books Language: English
Author: Katherine Kirkpatrick
ISBN: 9780375899249
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication: April 8, 2014
Imprint: Wendy Lamb Books
Language: English

Inspired by a true story, Between Two Worlds is an impassioned coming-of-age novel set in a land of breathtaking beauty and danger, where nature and love are powerful and unpredictable forces.
 
On the treeless shores of Itta, Greenland, as far north as humans can settle, sixteen-year-old Inuit Billy Bah spots a ship far out among the icebergs on the bay**—**a sight both welcome and feared. Explorers have already left their indelible mark on her land and its people, and a ship full of white men can mean trouble. 

The ship carries provisions for Robert E. Peary, who is making an expedition to the North Pole. Peary and Billy Bah have a history—as a child, she spent a year in America with his family. When Peary’s ship gets caught in the ice, Billy Bah sets out on a harrowing quest to find him.
 
Billy Bah’s journey is one that will bring her to the very literal edge of the earth, imperil her life and question what it means to be between two worlds.
 
“Rich details . . . create a total immersion in Inuit life.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred  
 
“An intriguing viewpoint to a place and time rarely written about in young adult fiction.” —SLJ
 
“A compelling . . .  portrait of a community accustomed to life on the knife edge of survival, of extraordinary beauty and harsh realities. . . . A rare look at culture clash arising from polar exploration.” —Kirkus Reviews
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Inspired by a true story, Between Two Worlds is an impassioned coming-of-age novel set in a land of breathtaking beauty and danger, where nature and love are powerful and unpredictable forces.
 
On the treeless shores of Itta, Greenland, as far north as humans can settle, sixteen-year-old Inuit Billy Bah spots a ship far out among the icebergs on the bay**—**a sight both welcome and feared. Explorers have already left their indelible mark on her land and its people, and a ship full of white men can mean trouble. 

The ship carries provisions for Robert E. Peary, who is making an expedition to the North Pole. Peary and Billy Bah have a history—as a child, she spent a year in America with his family. When Peary’s ship gets caught in the ice, Billy Bah sets out on a harrowing quest to find him.
 
Billy Bah’s journey is one that will bring her to the very literal edge of the earth, imperil her life and question what it means to be between two worlds.
 
“Rich details . . . create a total immersion in Inuit life.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred  
 
“An intriguing viewpoint to a place and time rarely written about in young adult fiction.” —SLJ
 
“A compelling . . .  portrait of a community accustomed to life on the knife edge of survival, of extraordinary beauty and harsh realities. . . . A rare look at culture clash arising from polar exploration.” —Kirkus Reviews
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