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Price: $6.99
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Sale: $2.63
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Manufacturer: Aladdin
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Gary Paulsen
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Publisher: Aladdin
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Dewey Decimal Number: 796.5092
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Publication Date: 2007-05-08
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Reading Level: 144
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Reading Level: Young Adult
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Description: A LIFE AS EXCITING AS FICTION Gary Paulsen, three-time Newbery Honor author, is no stranger to adventure. He has flown off the back of a dogsled and down a frozen waterfall to near disaster, and waited for a giant bear to seal his fate with one slap of a claw. He has led a team of sled dogs toward the Alaskan Mountain Range in an Iditarod -- the grueling, 1,180-mile dogsled race -- hallucinating from lack of sleep, but he determined to finish. Here, in vivid detail, Paulsen recounts several of the remarkable experiences that shaped his life and inspired his award-winning writing. A School Library Journal Best Book A Booklist Editors' Choice
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $15.33
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Manufacturer: Husky Homestead Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jeff King
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Publisher: Husky Homestead Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 798.830922
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Publication Date: 2008-02-01
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: Known as the Winningest Musher in the World, Jeff King remains one of the top mushers in the history of sled dog sports. Since his first race in 1979, King and his well-trained teams of Alaska huskies have racked up many thousands of training miles and trail hours. The result: win after win after win, crossing the finish line first in more than a dozen major races, including the two internationally known giants: the Iditarod and the Yukon Quest. In the process, King has also racked up thirty years of first-person stories that offer a glimpse into the heart of a champion, the rugged Alaskan lifestyle, and the charismatic world of dogs.
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Price: $3.99
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Sale: $1.12
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Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
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Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
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Dewey Decimal Number: 636.73
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Publication Date: 1999-12-21
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Reading Level: 112
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Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Description: Balto has a quiet life as a sled dog—until tragedy strikes. Dozens of children in Nome become sick with diphtheria. Without antitoxin serum, they will perish—and the closest supply is 650 miles away! The only way to get the serum to Nome is by sled, but can the dogs deliver it in time? Heading bravely into a brutal blizzard, Balto leads the race for life.
A Kansas City Children’s Book Award for Grades 1–3
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $3.96
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Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Libby Riddles::Tim Jones
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Publisher: Stackpole Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 798.8
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Publication Date: 1988-01
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Reading Level: 240
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $8.34
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Gay Salisbury::Laney Salisbury
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 614.5123097986
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Publication Date: 2005-02-07
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Reading Level: 303
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Description: IN 1925, a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through icebound Nome, Alaska. The life-saving serum was a thousand miles away, and a blizzard was brewing. Airplanes could not fly in such conditions: only the dogs could do it. Racing against death, twenty dog teams relayed the serum across the Alaskan wilderness as newspapers nationwide headlined the drama, enthralling an entire generation. The heroic dash to Nome inspired the annual Iditarod Dog Sled Race in Alaska and immortalized Balto, the lead dog whose arrival in Nome over a snow-blown trail was an American legend in the making. His bronze statue still stands in New York City's Central Park, in dedication to the "Endurance, Fidelity and Intelligence" of the dogs that saved Nome. This is their story, the greatest dog story never fully told, until now.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $8.30
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Manufacturer: Alaska Northwest Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Lisa Frederic
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Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 798.8309798
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Publication Date: 2006-04-01
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Reading Level: 221
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Description: A vacation turned Lisa Frederic’s life upside down. She and her husband traveled as tourists to Nome, Alaska to see the end of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. At an age when her life felt fairly settled, suddenly she found herself obsessed with a whole new world. The Iditarod and sled dogs had been vague concepts before the vacation, but very quickly dog mushing and a dream to run the Big One, became both a goal and a frightening commitment. Never described as graceful, learning to drive a team of huskies at forty years old was sometimes funny, but more often terrifying. The puppy team she trained went on to become champions – winning the 2006 Iditarod with Jeff King – but they were champions long before they won trophies. A tale of unconditional puppy love, this is also an inspiring story about setting goals, facing fears, and accepting challenges. Lisa's self-effacing account will speak to all those who have ever followed their heart and found that the dream realized is even bigger than the one they imagined.
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Price: $15.95
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Sale: $8.30
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Manufacturer: Sasquatch Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jeff Schultz
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Publisher: Sasquatch Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 636.73
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Publication Date: 2003-01-28
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Reading Level: 80
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Description: Dogs of the Iditarod showcases the athleticism of Alaska’s sled dogs, animals capable of maintaining speeds of 12 miles per hour over the 1,100-mile Iditarod trail. The 75 memorable images from renowned photographer Jeff Schultz highlight a number of champion lead dogs and capture the beloved creatures at work, at rest, and at play.
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Price: $26.00
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Sale: $7.30
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Manufacturer: Harcourt
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Gary Paulsen
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Publisher: Harcourt
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 798.8092
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Publication Date: 1994-03-01
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: Fueled by a passion for running dogs, Gary Paulsen entered the Iditarod--the 1150-mile winter sled-dog race between Anchorage and Nome-- in dangerous ignorance and with a fierce determination. Winterdance is his account of this seventeen-day battle against Nature's worst elements and his own frailty.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $7.24
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Manufacturer: Epicenter Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Epicenter Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 798
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Publication Date: 2006-11-01
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: The Iditarod Fact Book is jam-packed with fascinating facts and figures about the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Updated following the 2006 race, this handy guide includes facts on race champions, volunteers, sleds and gear, checkpoints, mushers' clothing, the expense of running the race, inherent dangers on the trail, entry requirements, food for the dogs and drivers, race history, pronunciations, mandatory layovers, love for the dogs, mountain passes and weather, strategies, vet care, full text of the official rules, and more. Included are 20 b&w photos by official Iditarod photographer Jeff Schultz and many illustrations by official Iditarod artist Jon Van Zyle, a member of the Iditarod Hall of Fame.
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Price: $8.95
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Sale: $3.75
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Manufacturer: Walker Books for Young Readers
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Debbie S. Miller
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Publisher: Walker Books for Young Readers
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Dewey Decimal Number: 798.8309798
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Publication Date: 2006-02-21
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Reading Level: 40
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Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Description: Ride shotgun with the heroic mushers whose bravery inspired the Iditarod.
In the winter of 1925, Nome, Alaska, was hit by an unexpected and deadly outbreak of diphtheria. Officials immediately quarantined the town, but the only cure for the community of more than 1,400 people was antitoxin serum and the nearest supply was in Anchorage—hundreds of miles of snowbound wilderness away. The only way to get it to Nome was by dogsled.
Twenty teams braved subzero temperatures and blizzard conditions to run over 600 miles in six days in a desperate relay race that saved the people of Nome. Several of the dogs, including Togo and Balto, became national heroes. Today their efforts, and those of the courageous mushers, are commemorated every March by the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Jon Van Zyle’s stunning oil paintings capture the brutal conditions, pristine wilderness, and sheer guts and determination demonstrated by the heroic mushers and dogs. |
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