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1) White Fang
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Up in the frozen north, life is harsh and dangerous. But this is where White Fang, the wolf-dog, feels at home--in the wild. When White Fang lives among man-animals, he must learn to fend for himself. And when he finds himself with a man who is kind to him, he must learn to love.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. The domesticated life of a powerful St. Bernard-Shepherd mix named Buck is quickly turned on end when he is stolen away from his master and put to work as a sled dog in Alaska. His once life of luxury turns into a life of survival...
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Sammy Day takes a job with Bill the Dogman, a peculiar man who breeds sled dogs, despite warnings that he could never survive. If he makes it a year and a day, Goldie Mahan will marry him. After the first day he begins to doubt if he will survive, but he is too stubborn to quit"--
Author
Publisher
Kanabear Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ballad of the Northland is a story about a boy who grows up poverty stricken in the bush country of south-central Alaska. On the banks of the Yentna River, very near the town of Skwentna, he and his cousins grow up hungry, hard, and tougher than nails. The boy learns to hunt, trap, and just get by, in a world where survival is accomplished day by day and never taken for granted. One day, he learns of Alaska?s Great Race; a one-thousand mile sled...
5) Chilly dogs
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
2003, 2001.
Language
English
Description
When slacker Kevin receives a letter from his long-lost grandfather informing him has has inherited land in Alaska, it seems to be the answer to Kevin's prayer for fun and adventure. One catch ... in order to claim the land, he has to compete in the toughest dog sled race across the frozen tundra.
6) Togo
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1925, Togo, a Siberian husky who loves being a sled dog, leads a team that rushes to bring diphtheria antitoxin from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.
7) Mik-Shrok
Author
Series
Adventures of an Arctic missionary volume 1
Publisher
JourneyForth
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1950, at the Eskimo village of Koyalik in the Alaska Territory, two young missionaries' prayers are answered when they receive a dog sled-team of huskies with Mik-Shrok as its leader.
Author
Series
Treasures of Nome volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"She's always determined to be the stable, reliable one. But now her commitment may destroy her. On the surface, Whitney Powell is happy working with her sled dogs and welcoming the new additions to her family through her sisters' marriages and an upcoming birth. But her life is full of complications, including an estranged father, that have her on the edge of losing control. Growing up, she was the strong sister, and she can't give that up now.When...
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