Black Star, Bright Dawn
by:
Scott O'Dell (author)
"A splendid, vividly written adventure."THE KIRKUS REVIEWSBright 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...
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"A splendid, vividly written adventure."THE KIRKUS REVIEWSBright 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....
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780449703403 (0449703401)
Publish date: December 30th 1989
Publisher: Fawcett
Pages no: 112
Edition language: English
A touching book I read in grade school.
It was a quick read. It was in the YA section but it could have been easily read by younger readers. Felt the identity conflict could have been expanded on a little more and it would have not seemed so shoved in at the end.