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Ice Dogs
by Terry Lynn Johnson
This is typically a YA novel, but can be attractive for all ages.
Victoria is a very precocious, but smart 14-year-old girl who lives in Alaska and loves to compete in dog sled races. She decides she would like to buy some more dogs, so she takes off with her team and her lead dog, Bean. While having trouble locating the house where the dogs are for sale, she comes across an injured boy named Chris who has crashed his snowmobile into a tree. Chris is new to the area, and not very knowledgeable in the ways of survival.
But…
Luckily for him, Victoria has learned from her father, who was a trapper before he passed away.
Now…
Not so lucky for them, they are now lost, it is snowing and their supplies are low.
Will they make it out alive?
This was a compelling tale of “will they or won’t they” survive in the cold.
The writing was crisp (no pun intended). The author obviously knows something about dog sledding, and she brings her knowledge to the pages. She also has a way of knowing what it takes to survive in a frozen wilderness that comes out clearly in her writing.
The characters of Chris and Victoria are believable. As an example, there were moments in which Victoria was shown to be the heroine in helping to save an injured Chris, and yet, Chris had skills that were helping the dogs.
Also…
There is much to be said about the dogs. They play a significant role in this book, and that can’t be understated here.
The book had a slow start, but once it got into finding ways to get the story moving into finding ways to survive, it became a very interesting and compelling read.
Victoria is a very precocious, but smart 14-year-old girl who lives in Alaska and loves to compete in dog sled races. She decides she would like to buy some more dogs, so she takes off with her team and her lead dog, Bean. While having trouble locating the house where the dogs are for sale, she comes across an injured boy named Chris who has crashed his snowmobile into a tree. Chris is new to the area, and not very knowledgeable in the ways of survival.
But…
Luckily for him, Victoria has learned from her father, who was a trapper before he passed away.
Now…
Not so lucky for them, they are now lost, it is snowing and their supplies are low.
Will they make it out alive?
This was a compelling tale of “will they or won’t they” survive in the cold.
The writing was crisp (no pun intended). The author obviously knows something about dog sledding, and she brings her knowledge to the pages. She also has a way of knowing what it takes to survive in a frozen wilderness that comes out clearly in her writing.
The characters of Chris and Victoria are believable. As an example, there were moments in which Victoria was shown to be the heroine in helping to save an injured Chris, and yet, Chris had skills that were helping the dogs.
Also…
There is much to be said about the dogs. They play a significant role in this book, and that can’t be understated here.
The book had a slow start, but once it got into finding ways to get the story moving into finding ways to survive, it became a very interesting and compelling read.