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Death in the jungle : murder, betrayal, and the lost dream of Jonestown
Author: Fleming, Candace

Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books (2025)

Dewey: 988.1
Classification: Biography
Physical Description: 356 p., 26 cm

BTSB No: 341115

ISBN: 9780593480069

Ages: 14-18

Grades: 9-12

Subjects:
Jones, Jim, -- 1931-1978
People's Temple -- Biography
Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978
Cults

Price: $23.98

Summary:
A chilling chronicle, written for young adults, of Jim Jones and Peoples Temple and how Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convinced more than 900 of his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced punch.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: UG
   Reading Level: 6.60
   Points: 12.0   Quiz: 557323

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (+) (05/01/25)
   School Library Journal (+) (03/01/25)
   Booklist (+) (12/01/25)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (+) (00/03/25)
The Hornbook (+) (00/05/25)

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