Igvillu, a small dog with big dreams, hopes to become a sled dog, and when she is adopted by an Inuit storyteller and moves to northern Canada, she meets real sled dogs and dreams about her future.
An illustrated introduction to snow dogs that examines the history and tradition of dog sledding and describes equipment, the Iditarod Trail, the Yukon Quest, and other related topics.
Thirteen-year-old Tatum's dream of competing in the grueling 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race may be at an end when she becomes lost in a freak snowstorm during a training run on Alaska's remote Santa Ysabel Island.
The story of the heroic role played by sled dogs, including the Siberian husky Togo, in the delivery of antitoxin serum to those stricken with diphtheria in 1925 Nome. Includes historical notes about the event as well as about the Iditarod Sled Dog Race which commemorates it.
In a remote area of Alaska, twelve-year-old Willow helps her father with their sled dogs when she is not at school, wishing she were more popular, all the while unaware that the animals surrounding her carry the spirits of dead ancestors and friends who care for her.
McKenna, fourteen, is losing her vision to Stargardt's disease, but that will not stop her from competing in a rigorous new sled dog race through the Canadian wilderness.
"Coming-of-age adventure story set in the North featuring a strong female lead, her indigenous friend, and a cast of diverse dogs all in training for the daring Arctic Quest dog-sledding competition"--Provided by publisher.
