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1) White fang
Author
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
White Fang is part dog and part wolf. To survive in the wilderness he must learn to kill or be killed. He is captured and taken to the Alaska Yukon Territory during the gold rush where he is forced to pull heavy dogsleds and fight for money, until a man named Weedon Scott saves him from destruction and teaches him to love and trust a human master.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Madysen Powell has always been a forgiving person, but when her supposedly dead father shows up in Nome, Alaska, her gift for forgiveness is tested. With the recent loss of her mother, she searches for answers, leaning on Granny Beaufort, a neighbor in town, who listens with a kind heart. Still, Madysen is restless and dreams of performing her music around the world. The arrival of a traveling show could prove just the chance she needs, and the manager...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"When her grandfather's health begins to decline, Havyn is determined to keep her family together. But everyone has secrets--including John, the hired stranger who recently arrived on their farm. To help out, Havyn starts singing at a local roadhouse--but dangerous eyes grow jealous as she and John grow closer. Will they realize the peril before it is too late?" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Ooligan Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Claire Stanfield became a lawyer to make her father proud, but after a troubling case leaves her shaken, she escapes to Alaska and immerses herself in the world of dog sledding. Dillon Cord became a police officer to serve his community, but he moves to Nome in the wake of a life-altering incident. For both, the Iditarod-the toughest sled dog race in the world-offers a chance for forgiveness, redemption, and healing. After meeting unexpectedly just...
Author
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts how the sled dog Balto saved Nome, Alaska, in 1925 from a diphtheria epidemic by delivering medicine through a raging snowstorm. Balto lives a quiet existence as a sled dog--until tragedy strikes. Dozens of children in the remote town of Nome become sick with diphtheria. Without an antitoxin serum, they will perish--and the closest supply is 650 miles away! No roads exist in the icy wilderness. The only way to get the serum to Nome is by...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
In the bitter cold of the North Pole lived a lonely little gnome called Alappuu. Worse than being lonely was that he was cold from the inside out. He could warm his fingers, warm his toes, but never could he get his frozen heart to glow. In desperation, he packed everything he owned and traveled south to the little town of Nome, Alaska in search of the answer to his frozen dilemma. Joined by a delightful otter, the two soon discover a heart-warming...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
200 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
With her beagle Henry and her new friend Quin, twelve-year-old Tee is determined to solve the mystery of "the Shadow", the ghostly animal that is believed to haunt the Alaskan wilderness near her new home in Nome.
Author
Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
AD 1020L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Two dogs recount the relay race that brought life-saving medicine to children in Alaska. It was 1925 and the world was in a diphtheria pandemic. The town of Nome, Alaska, needed the serum to save its children but there was only one way to get there: dog sled. Balto and Togo, two Siberian huskies, were part of the relay race that pushed through below-freezing temperatures and a blizzard to bring the serum to Nome." -- Amazon.com.
In 1925 Balto and...
10) North star
Publisher
Monarch Enterprises
Pub. Date
1996.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nome, Alaska in 1889 teems with new riches, but not for Hudson Santeek. He's run up against an unwritten Golden Rule: mining boss Sean McLennon has the gold - and he makes the rules.