Catalog Search Results
1) Ice dogs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this survival story set in Alaska, fourteen-year-old Vicky and her dog sled team find an injured sledder in the wilderness.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
5) Dogsong
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound of his father's coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow machines starting up. Only Oogruk, the shaman who owns the last team of dogs in the village, understands Russel's longing for the old ways and the songs that celebrated them. But Oogruk cannot give Russel the answers he seeks; the old man can only prepare him for what he must do alone. Driven by a strange, powerful...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike goldfields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. Includes illustrations and extended captions providing background information on history, geography, social customs, animals, architecture, literature, and science pertinent to the story.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Painter and Ugly, two sled dogs who are inseparable best friends, are put on different teams for the Junior Iditarod, but they manage to find their way back to one another for the big race.
10) Bear
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Even on a snowy ski vacation, Lizzie finds a puppy in need. Bear loves to curl up by the fire and sleep all day, but Lizzie is positive he isn't as lazy as he acts. Will she be able to find this snowbound pup the perfect family?
Author
Publisher
Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
�1989
Language
English
Description
When her lead dog cannot take part in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a competitor harnesses her cat, Danger, to the front of the sled. The first woman to with the 1049 mile Iditarod introduces her cat, anger, and his tale of life on the last frontier.
12) Kiana's Iditarod
Author
Language
English
Description
A story about Alaska's 1,049 mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome through the eyes of lead dog Kiana.
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's the winter of 1924 and a diptheria outbreak is threatening the population of Nome, Alaska. The only way to stop the deadly illness from causing a full blown epidemic is to immediately deliver one million units of the diptheria antitoxin to the affected communities --a task that seems impossible given that the only way to reach any place in Alaska at this time of year is by dog sled. The stakes are high, and the snow is piling higher. Will the...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request