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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Helget, Nicole Lea, 1976– author.
Title: The end of the wild / Nicole Helget.
Description: First edition. | New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. | Summary: “Eleven-year-old Fern helps to take care of her impoverished family by foraging for food in the forest, but when a fracking company rolls into town, she realizes that her peaceful woods and her family’s livelihood could be threatened”— Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016031990| ISBN 9780316245111 (hardback) | ISBN 9780316245128 (ebook) | ISBN 9780316364966 (library edition ebook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Family life—Fiction. | Stepfathers—Fiction. | Forests and forestry—Fiction. | Poverty—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Science projects—Fiction. | Environmental protection—Fiction. | Social action—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Homelessness & Poverty. | JUVENILE FICTION / Nature & the Natural World / Environment. | JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Alternative Family. | JUVENILE FICTION / Cooking & Food. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance. | JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs. | JUVENILE FICTION / Lifestyles / Country Life. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying.
Classification: LCC PZ7.H374085 End 2017 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016031990
ISBNs: 978-0-316-24511-1 (hardcover), 978-0-316-24512-8 (ebook)
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