Black Star, Bright Dawn

Posted by Rebekah
Categories: Adventure, Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags: Animals, Dogs, Moose, Scott O’Dell, Sports

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Black Star, Bright Dawn (Paperback)
by Scott O’Dell
ISBN: 0547053193

Price: USD 5.95
94 used & new available from USD 0.10

Bright Dawn is an Eskimo girl whose father, Bartok, is a seal hunter. When Bartok narrowly escapes death by a hunting accident, losing four fingers in the process, some men approach him to run in the Iditarod dogsled race. He refuses, but says that Bright Dawn will do it. After some vigorous training, Bright Dawn and her team of dogs, including Black Star, who is mostly wolf, set out on the biggest adventure of their lives.

It’s interesting to get this first-hand look at what it’s like to drive a dogsled. I don’t think I could do it. There are some Eskimo superstitions in here. But it’s not your ordinary girl/dog hero story. The way the race ends is unexpected.

(10 votes, average: 3.80 out of 5)

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