Discussion questions and extension activities for Death in the Jungle, an engrossing narrative nonfiction book that has garnered extensive praise including eight starred reviews. Using riveting first-person accounts, award-winning author Candace Fleming reveals the makings of a monster in a sweeping story that traces, step by step, the ways in which one man slowly indoctrinated, then murdered, over 900 innocent, well-meaning people.
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