Ice Dogs
HarperCollins · Paperback · November 3, 2015
Victoria Secord, a fourteen-year-old Alaskan dogsled racer, loses her way on a routine outing with her dogs.
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- Who it’s for
- A dogsled adventure brings wilderness survival close, with setbacks, mistakes, and small triumphs along the way.
- Themes
- Wilderness survival, Human-animal bond
- Genres
- Survival Stories, Dog Stories, Winter Sports
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Victoria Secord, a fourteen-year-old Alaskan dogsled racer, loses her way on a routine outing with her dogs. With food gone and temperatures dropping, her survival and that of her dogs and the mysterious boy she meets in the woods is entirely up to her. The author Terry Lynn Johnson is a musher herself, and her crackling writing puts readers at the reins as Victoria and Chris experience setbacks, mistakes, and small triumphs in their wilderness adventure.
At the Reins
A dogsled adventure brings wilderness survival close, with setbacks, mistakes, and small triumphs along the way.
Come here for
- The particular pull of dogs, sleds, and a dropping temperature
- A wilderness adventure told from close to the action
Expect
- A young racer facing a survival challenge with her dogs
- An author’s firsthand mushing experience behind the writing
Where it sits
| Dog Stories | 89% |
|---|---|
| Survival Stories | 64% |
| Winter Sports | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Survival Stories
- Dog Stories
- Family Stories
- Girls & Young Women
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- Nature & Wildlife
- Weather Stories
- U.S. Stories
- Camping & Outdoor Adventures
- Authors
- Terry Lynn Johnson
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 3, 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Wilderness survival · Human-animal bond
- Reading lane
- Survival Stories