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Author Miller, Debbie S.

Title The great serum race : blazing the Iditarod Trail / Debbie S. Miller ; illustrations by Jon Van Zyle.

Imprint New York : Walker & Co., c2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PCMS Jumpstart Non-Fiction  796.9 MILLER    ---  Available
 Westside Non-Fiction  798.8 Mil    ---  Available
Description [44] p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 23 x 29 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In: New York Times Review of Books 11/17/2002
Kirkus Review 10/01/2002
School Library Journal 11/2002
Booklist 01/15/2003
Horn Book Guide 04/2003
Summary The story of the heroic role played by sled dogs, including the Siberian husky Togo, in the delivery of antitoxin serum to those stricken with diphtheria in Nome, in 1925. Includes historical notes about the event as well as about the Iditarod Sled Dog Race which commemorates it.
Audience 3-6
5.60
Lexile value, 910 Metametrics
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR-ATOS RL 5.6 1.0 PHS WEST PCMS 64587
Reading Counts RC RL 5.9 3.0 34431
Subject Iditarod (Race)
Togo (Dog)
Balto (Dog)
Sled dogs.
Siberian husky.
Dogs.
Diphtheria -- History.
Alaska -- History.
Added Author Van Zyle, Jon, illustrator.
ISBN 0802788114

 
    
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