5.0

Usually when I finish a book, I have something to say about it. Now's one of the times I can't form sentences to describe what is one of the most beautiful books I've ever read.

I cried, I laughed, and I sat on the edge of my seat, scared, hopeful, nervous. Gary Paulsen wrote well, and I mean really well, and his emotions bled through the pages.

Running the Iditarod is insane. That I've always known. But I hadn't before realized just how driven and determined the people running it are.

Edit. I was sobbing when he described the bond between the human and the dogs, how loyal the dogs are, and how bloody the history of sled dogs is.