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Death in the Jungle

by Candace Fleming

Age band: 15+

Looky Rating System: Violence 4/5, Love & Romance 2/5, Mental Health 5/5, Language 2/5, Substance Use 5/5, Fear / Horror 4/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 1/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 2/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 1/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 0/5.

Description

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? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes a chilling chronicle of one of the most notorious cults in American history.