Balto and the Great Race (Totally True Adventures) How a Sled Dog Saved the Children of Nome
by Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody; Köerber, NoraFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-12-21
Publisher(s): Random House Books for Young Readers
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Summary
Balto has a quiet life as a sled doguntil tragedy strikes. Dozens of children in Nome become sick with diphtheria. Without antitoxin serum, they will perishand the closest supply is 650 miles away! The only way to get the serum to Nome is by sled, but can the dogs deliver it in time? Heading bravely into a brutal blizzard, Balto leads the race for life. A Kansas City Children's Book Award for Grades 13
Author Biography
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel lives with her family in Cold Spring, New York. She is the author of Balto and the Great Race, Before Columbus: The Leif Eriksson Expedition, and As Far as the Eye Can Reach.
Nora Köerber is a children’s book illustrator whose credits include Balto and the Great Race and Sacagawea: The Journey to the West. She lives in Pasadena, California, with her illustrator husband, Robert Rodriguez, and her two children. Köerber loves animals and has two cats and one dog.
Nora Köerber is a children’s book illustrator whose credits include Balto and the Great Race and Sacagawea: The Journey to the West. She lives in Pasadena, California, with her illustrator husband, Robert Rodriguez, and her two children. Köerber loves animals and has two cats and one dog.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. 1 |
| Nome, Alaska | p. 4 |
| Nome: Crisis! | p. 9 |
| Nome: Gathering the Teams | p. 17 |
| Bluff, Alaska | p. 27 |
| Bluff: Bad News | p. 38 |
| Nome: More Bad News | p. 41 |
| Norton Sound: Seppala and Togo | p. 47 |
| Bluff, Norton Sound, and Golovin | p. 51 |
| Bluff, Solomon, and Port Safety | p. 56 |
| On the Trail | p. 63 |
| Past Port Safety | p. 70 |
| Nome Again | p. 81 |
| Around the Country | p. 86 |
| Cleveland, Ohio | p. 92 |
| Afterword | p. 96 |
| Author's Note | p. 98 |
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