When Victoria Secord set out to try to get new lead dogs for her team, she finds herself in trouble. Victoria is a champion dog-sled racer. Her mother doesn’t think she needs new dogs. But, Victoria wants to win the White Wolf race and feels she can only do this with a few new dogs. Without letting her mother know her plans, she waits until her mother leaves for work to head out. She is in unfamiliar territory. She has her map and all of the skills her now deceased father taught her. Almost to the camp she was heading for she comes across a snowmobile wrapped around a tree. She finds the owner lying in the snow hurt. Once she gets Chris loaded onto the sled, with his directions she heads to his home. It isn’t long before she realizes they are lost. To make matters worse a blizzard has set in. It will take everything her father taught her along with help from Chris if they and her dogs are to survive. The characters were spot on. The author definitely knows how teens think. The plot progressed smoothly enough, with enough heart stopping twists and turns to keep me turning page after page. The author definitely knows about dog sledding, and Alaska. I felt, as I read, I was there with Victoria, Chris and the dogs along for this adventure. I loved watching the relationship build between Victoria and Chris. This was not a romantic relationship but a relationship that stretched them in ways they had not expected. I've read books where the characters come across as flat, but this book has very well rounded characters. It brought out a lot of emotions in me. This is a book that I know my students will enjoy as much as I did. It reminded me a lot of Gary Paulsen’s book Hatchet. I know the students who have read his books will enjoy this one as well. I look forward to more books by this author. It is an asset to all classroom shelves. I am definitely recommending this one to our media specialist.
Disclosure: I
received a copy from the author in exchange for my honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own and no
way influenced by receiving the book.
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