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Magic tree house fact trackers volume 34
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"A nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House #54: Balto of the Blue dawn."--
Returning from their adventure in Balto of the Blue Dawn, Jack and Annie learn fun facts about sled dogs, the Iditarod and other extreme sports, from the X Games to Ironman competitions. --Publisher's description.
3) Dogsong
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A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels assailed by the modernity of his life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.
4) Ice dogs
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In this survival story set in Alaska, fourteen-year-old Vicky and her dog sled team find an injured sledder in the wilderness.
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"Paw wants to be part of a dogsled team more than anything in the world. But he is only a little husky, much smaller than the rest. 'Only the biggest, fastest, and strongest dogs can pull my sled, ' says the dog trainer. But when the trainer's son gets lost, only Paw knows where to find him. Can this little husky find the strength and speed to save the boy all by himself?"--Page 4 of cover.
8) Ice island
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Thirteen-year-old Tatum's dream of competing in the grueling 1,049-mile Iditerod 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.
9) Sunrise
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Sky King Ranch volume 1
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"A decade after leaving his family's bush pilot operation to become a Pararescue Jumper, Dodge Kingston is back home in Alaska. He hadn't counted on meeting up again with Echo, a girl with a spirit as free as the sky. When she goes missing, he hopes all her skills will keep her safe until he can reach her-and that she'll accept his help when he does"--
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From the beginning, one puppy was different from the rest. He was big and black, while his brother and sisters were small and gray. While the others lay quietly snuggled against their mother, this puppy squirmed and wiggled constantly. So begins the inspiring true story of a puppy whose boundless energy almost got the best of him. Douggie: The Playful Puppy Who Became a Sled Dog Hero is Pam Flowers's tribute to the pup who seemed destined to remain...
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Jeremy lives in a small community where winters are long and stray dogs roam the streets. When peer pressure leads Jeremy into a bad prank, he is immediately struck with guilt - and that's when Jeremy's life changes forever. Trying to make amends Jeremy befriends Yellow Dog - and in the process meets a curious old man who introduces him to the adventures of dog sledding. Soon Jeremy is forming his own old-time dog team with Yellow Dog at lead - and...
13) Dog driven
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Let it Snow
Understanding Blindness & Low Vision - Chapter Books
Winter at Blackhawk
Wintry World: Middle School Reads
Understanding Blindness & Low Vision - Chapter Books
Winter at Blackhawk
Wintry World: Middle School Reads
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Ever since her vision started deteriorating, fourteen-year-old McKenna Barney has felt out of place in the world. Out of place at home and at school and even on the trail with her dogs. Now, to help her younger sister with her own ongoing battle with an eye disease, McKenna finds herself at the head of a team of eight sled dogs in a race she's not sure she can even see, let alone win. For three days of shifting lake ice, sudden owl attacks, bitterly...
15) Woodsong
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For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.
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"He lives in a world of winter. Sled dog musher and outdoor adventurer Nick Dahlquist doesn't mean to be a loner-- he just feels at home in the woods, with his dogs, and also online in his vlogging world, where he's amassed nearly a million viewers. But he's just a simple guy, with simple goals-- care for his dogs, teach people how to survive the cold, and run the Iditarod. Unfortunately, life turns cold when his lead dog is injured, and he's low...
17) Dogteam
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Portrays the excitement, the danger, and the beauty of a night run.
18) Granite
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Shares the story of Granite, a dog raised by Susan Butcher to become the leader of her sled dog team, discussing his weakness as a puppy, the potential she nurtured in him, the injury and illness that nearly killed the dog, and his heroic feat in leading Susan and the team through a blizzard to victory in the Iditarod race.
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