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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1280L
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English
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The author, an experienced Iditarod racer, describes his joy at the birth of a litter of pups and the bonding experience of watching them grow, learn, and develop into dogs that pull sleds across the snow.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1140L
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English
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Fueled by a passion for running dogs, Gary Paulsen entered the Iditarod-the eleven hundred and eighty mile sled-dog race through the Alaskan wilderness-in dangerous ignorance and with a fierce determination. For seventeen days, he and his team of dogs endured blinding wind, snowstorms, frostbite, dogfights, moose attacks, sleeplessness, hallucinations-and the relentless push to go on. Winterdance is the enthralling account of a "stunning wilderness...
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For veterinarian Lily Munroe, running in the grueling 10-day, 1,110-mile Iditarod was challenging enough without having to compete against tall, dark, and annoying playboy-rancher Derek Wright. But flirtatious Derek is determined to prove that he is the only man for Lily. Of course, once Derek wins Lily over, he has to tell her about his other career as a secret agent for T-FLAC, a privately funded black ops antiterrorist group. When Lily becomes...
4) Stone Fox
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
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English
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In spite of tremendous odds, a ten-year-old boy and his dog are determined to win a dogsled race and the five-hundred-dollar prize.
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A memoir of heartbreak, thousand-mile races, the endless Alaskan wilderness and many, many dogs from one of only a handful of women to have completed both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod. In 2009, after a crippling divorce that left her heartbroken and directionless, Kristin decided to accept an offer to live at a friend's cabin outside of Denali National Park in Alaska for a few months. In exchange for housing, she would take care of her friend's...
7) Eight below
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper. The scientist soon discovers that Shepard also has eight other valuable friends -- a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for years, who have rescued him from a number of tight spots. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled...
8) Snow dogs
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When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.
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From the Anthony and Macavity award-winning author of Murder at Five Finger Light.
After healing from knee surgery, Jessie Arnold can’t wait to train for the Iditarod, but she and her dogs must work hard to qualify. Jessie’s practice run goes smoothly until her sled hits a bump along the trail—a dead body. What the kid was doing on a musher's trail with no sled or dogs is anyone’s guess. And in a...
After healing from knee surgery, Jessie Arnold can’t wait to train for the Iditarod, but she and her dogs must work hard to qualify. Jessie’s practice run goes smoothly until her sled hits a bump along the trail—a dead body. What the kid was doing on a musher's trail with no sled or dogs is anyone’s guess. And in a...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Traces the story of a blind Iditarod athlete, describing how she endured the taunts of sighted classmates, carried the Olympic torch, trained her dog team, and raced in the 2005 Iditarod Trail International Sled Dog Race.
12) Ever constant
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Treasures of Nome volume 3
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"On the surface, Whitney Powell is happy working with her sled dogs, but her life is full of complications that push her over the edge. When sickness spreads in outlying villages, Dr. Peter Cameron turns to Whitney and her dogs for help navigating the deep snow, and together they discover that sometimes it's only in weakness you can find strength."--
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Rosalie MacKenzie is headed nowhere until the day she sees Smokey, a Siberian husby suffering from neglect. She rescues him and they become immersed in the world of competitive dogsled racing. She discovers that behind the modern sport lies a tragic history: the heartbreaking story of the Chukchi people of Siberia. When Stalin's Red Army displace the Chukchi in 1929, many were killed and lost their beloved huskies that were the soul and livelihood...
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"A revelatory memoir of the author's efforts to develop the strength and resilience to survive in the demanding landscapes of Norway and Alaska describes her physically exhausting survival endeavors on a ruthless arctic tundra marked by violent natural and human threats."--NoveList.
Braverman recounts her efforts to develop the strength and resilience to survive in the demanding landscapes of Norway and Alaska. She left California to move to arctic...
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Alaskan hearts volume 1
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English
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"Lauren Dalton's world shattered the day her father died. It shattered again when she found a box of old keepsakes commemorating a life she'd never even known he lead. Heartbroken but determined, she accepts a seasonal job in rural Alaska to look after an injured musher's dogs while searching for the truth about her father's hidden past. But her cantankerous new boss comes with dangerous secrets of his own. When a fire ravages part of the property,...
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Lisa Frederic was just an average Alaska fisherwoman when a vacation in Nome to see the burled-arch finish of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race changed her life forever. The mushers' devotion to their dogs and the sheer grit required to complete the epic race lit a spark in Lisa. She started as a volunteer at checkpoints along the race, became an apprentice to Iditarod champion Jeff King, and, finally, mushed her own dog team in the world's greatest...
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Multiple award-winning author Sue Henry once again carries us into the heart of America's last frontier with a gripping tale of suspense set in a land whose rugged, exquisite beauty appeals to the adventurous and strong ... and to those who are drawn to darkness. Cold Company The summer solstice is near -- bringing long sunlit days to the Alaskan wilderness -- and for famed musher Jessie Arnold, the time has come to put the past behind her and move...
18) Baldy of Nome
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Fictionalized life of Baldy the famous Alaskan sled dog.
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Alaska mysteries volume 7
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Jessie Arnold's peaceful spring is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a friend she hasn't seen in more than ten years, and when a fire ruins Jessie's cabin and the local authorities accuse her of arson, Jessie begins to wonder if her new houseguest is an old friend or a cold-blooded arsonist.
20) Sunrise
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Sky King Ranch volume 1
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English
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Pilot Dodge Kingston has always been the heir to Sky King Ranch. But after a terrible family fight, he left to become a pararescue jumper. A decade later, he's headed home to the destiny that awaits him. That's not all that's waiting for Dodge. His childhood best friend and former flame, Echo Yazzie, is a true Alaskan--a homesteader, dogsledder, and research guide for the DNR. Most of all, she's living a life Dodge knows could get her killed. When...
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