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1) On thin ice
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Determined to win this year's iditarod race across Alaska, Lily Munroe matches skills with her chief competitor, Derek Wright, unaware that Derek is a counter-terrorism agent assigned to protect Lily in the wake of suspicious accidents threatening her life.
5) Sunrise
Author
Series
Sky King Ranch volume 1
Language
English
Description
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...
6) Eight below
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Company
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
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 fierce determination. Winterdance is his account of this seventeen-day battle against nature's worst elements and his own frailty.
9) Dead north
Author
Series
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
After a fire destroys her home, Jessie Arnold volunteers to drive her friend's Winnebago back from Idaho, and while on the road, she picks up a teenage runaway who plunges her and her dog, Tank, into the wilderness where a psychotic killer lurks.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Describes the author's experiences as a middle-aged mom whose initial resolve to train for and complete the Iditarod failed when her dogs refused to finish the race, detailing how she overcame daunting challenges to succeed during a second attempt. --Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Paws IV
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Libby Riddles battles a killer storm on the Arctic ice to win the 1100-mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race. In 1985, Libby Riddles made history by becoming the first woman to win the 1,100-mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race. This brand-new edition of Riddles's timeless adventure story is complete with updated narrative details, sidebars on all aspects of the race, photographs, and all-new illustrations by beloved illustrator Shannon Cartwright. An inspiration to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
After several years spent recovering from a devastating knee injury, champion musher Jessie Arnold is working to get back into shape for the Iditarod, but when she stumbles upon a corpse during a practice run down a local trail, she is sidetracked by thehunt for a killer.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
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...
16) Death trap
Author
Series
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"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.
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