Book
Black Star, Bright Dawn
by Scott O'Dell
- Published
- 1988
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning Prebound
- Pages
- 134
- Words
- 28519
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/157694.Black_Star_Bright_Dawn?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_23
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 4.3
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 670L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 9–14
Bright Dawn was a teenaged Eskimo girl. Black Star was her part-husky, mostly wolf, pet. Together they were about to begin the famous Iditarod dogsled race through the bitter cold of Alaska. Bright Dawn knew they would win, but she didn't count on the cold, blinding whiteout, the belligerent bull moose, or ice that could crack and splinter at any time. And she soon realized that she was not only depending on Black Star for the race, but for her life....
Collections
The Good & The Beautiful · 7
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780812480535
- ISBN-10
- 0812480538
Tags
AnimalsDogFictionHistoryIditarodIndigenous PeopleThe Good & The BeautifulUnited States-AlaskaYoung Adult