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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1990
  • Latest Book:
    December 2014
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Girls of Many Lands

Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway (Sep-2002)

Book List in Order: 9 titles



  • When the deaths of their parents strands two Alaskan children, John and Annie Laurie, at an isolated fish camp, the two youngsters are forced to struggle for survival relying only on their own skills and wits to save their lives...



  • Two orphaned siblings struggle to survive a harsh Alaskan winter looking after a badly wounded miner, while their guardian, an old Athabascan Indian who has taught them the ways of their ancestors, searches for help....



  • It's 1948 and ten-year-old Fred has just watched her teacher leave -- another in a long line of teachers who have left the village because the smell of fish was too strong, the way of life too hard. Will another teacher come to the small Athabascan ...



  • A Yup'ik Eskimo village, 1890 The animal carvings were hung all around the center of the men's house, where they could watch the dances the men did for them. Panruk and I watched and held our breath. We knew these were not real animals, but the da...



  • Deet's world turns upside down when his father is arrested for drug use. It doesn't seem possible that kind, caring Dad could be a criminal! After all, he only took the pills to stay awake so he could work two jobs. Now what will happen? How will Dee...



  • Nearly 150 years ago, when Alaska belonged to Russia and was called Russian America, Erinia Pavaloff lived at the Nulato odinochka on the banks of the Yukon River. Owned by the Russian American Company, an odinochka was a trading post where native pe...



  • In the previous book, The Year of Miss Agnes, it’s 1948 and a new teacher comes to teach in the tiny Athabascan village on the Koyukuk River in Alaska. Ten-year-old Fred tells why Miss Agnes is the best teacher they’ve ever had in their one-room ...



  • It's the 1920s, and Bo was headed for an Alaska orphanage when she won the hearts of two tough gold miners who set out to raise her, enthusiastically helped by all the kind people of the nearby Eskimo village. Bo learns Eskimo along with English, ...



  • A heartwarming tale about weathering change and what it means to be family. Ever since five-year-old Bo can remember, she and her papas have lived in the little Alaskan mining town of Ballard Creek. Now the family must move upriver to Iditarod Cr...





Award-Winning Books by Kirkpatrick Hill

Bo at Ballard Creek
2014 Scott O Dell Award for Historical Fiction -- Historical Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kirkpatrick Hill has published 9 books.

Kirkpatrick Hill does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Bo at Iditarod Creek, was published in December 2014.

The first book by Kirkpatrick Hill, Toughboy and Sister, was published in September 1990.

No. Kirkpatrick Hill does not write books in series.