A тАЬsuperbтАЭ novel of a girlтАЩs adventure in the grueling Iditarod race, from the Newbery-winning author of Island of the Blue Dolphins (Publishers Weekly).
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The Iditarod is the famed eleven-hundred-mile-long dogsled race across AlaskaтАФand now Bright Dawn must unexpectedly take her fatherтАЩs place in the competition. ItтАЩs exciting, but sometimes terrifying as wellтАФfor example, when a moose appears in her path in the midst of the brutally frigid conditions.
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And as the journey goes on, it will be Bright DawnтАЩs dog, Black Star, who must not only lead her through the snow, but lead her out of dangerтАж
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тАЬA splendid, vividly written adventure.тАЭтАФKirkus Reviews