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3) Dog driven
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McKenna, fourteen, is losing her vision to Stargardt's disease, but that will not stop her from competing in a rigorous new sled dog race through the Canadian wilderness.
4) 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.
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The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, who is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. Buck is a dog born to luxury, but his life changes dramatically when he is sold to be a sled dog in the Yukon Terrority. He earns a reputation for his strength and courage, and is rescued from a series of bad owners by John Thornton, who teaches him to love. When John is...
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Brother and sister Jack and Annie always go on important missions in the magic tree house, but this time they must save an entire town! The town is Nome, Alaska, and the year is 1925. Many children and grown-ups are sick and dying. The medicine that will save them is coming from Anchorage, a thousand miles away! More than half of the journey must be made by dogsled over the snowy wilderness. Dogsledding teams are on the way when a blizzard hits. It's...
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The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are two classic American adventure novels depicting the evolution of two dogs in the wild. The novels are in fact mirror images of one another, as Call of the Wild depicts Buck's journey from domestic to wild dog, while White Fang recounts White Fang's transformation from wild beast to domestic companion. Both convey powerful themes of redemption and survival that continue to affect readers even today....
8) Togo
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Dog diaries volume 4
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2014.
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English
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"Sled dog Togo--the true hero of the 1925 Serum Run--narrates the story of his life working with musher Leonard Seppala"--
10) The dog's meow
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[2021]
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When Mina takes in an abandoned kitten in the outskirts of Fairbanks, Alaska, her team of sled dogs raise the kitten to pant like a dog, play fetch like a dog, and even want to become a sled dog herself.
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Survival tails volume 2
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2018.
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"A group of sled dogs must race to survive during a perilous journey across Antarctica"--
12) Bear
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[2009]
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Even on a snowy ski vacation, Lizzie finds a puppy in need.
14) 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.
17) Sled dogs
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[2011]
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"Simple text and full-color photos illustrate the traits, training, and duties of sled dogs"--Provided by publisher.
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A bold mix of realism, allegory, adventure, and progressive politics, this collection features Jack London’s most profound and moving literary works
The Call of the Wild, London’s elemental masterpiece about a dog learning to survive in the wilderness, sees pampered pet Buck snatched from his home and set to work as a sled-dog during the Klondike Gold Rush. White Fang, set in the frozen tundra and boreal...
The Call of the Wild, London’s elemental masterpiece about a dog learning to survive in the wilderness, sees pampered pet Buck snatched from his home and set to work as a sled-dog during the Klondike Gold Rush. White Fang, set in the frozen tundra and boreal...
20) Sled dogs
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[2023]
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"In this book, readers explore how dog teams work together to pull sleds, as well as the skills and training this work requires"--Publisher.
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