Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown
Candace Fleming
How did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced punch?
Book details
- Format
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Anne Schwartz Books
- Published
- April 29, 2025
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN-13
- 9780593480069
- Language
- English
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Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices 2026Historical People, Places, and EventsBank Street College of EducationBank Street Best Children's Books of the Year 2026Fourteen and OlderMature contentSee the original listSources
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