A riveting, harrowing account of cult leader Jim Jones and Jonestown written for young adult readers. This non-fiction book traces the beginning of The People's Temple, a church started by Jim Jones in Indiana, to the rain forest in Guyana in South America, where over 900 people died. Informative and engrossing, the book is most interesting when it talks about the children and teens who were apart of the People's Temple and their lives before and after the shocking event that changed their lives and the world forever.

This was fabulous! I couldn't put it down. Obviously, we know what the end result was going to be (the 900+ deaths), but I read the whole things in one day because I wanted to know what was going to happen to the folks who Fleming profiled in the story. I think this presents the topics in a relevant way for teens. Highly recommended!