| Title | : | Black Star, Bright Dawn |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (519 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0449703401 |
| Format Type | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 1989-12-30 |
| Genre | : |
"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.
Editorial : Most young girls' experiences never involve hunting bearded seals on the ice, even within the Alaskan Eskimo culture. In Scott O'Dell's gripping novel, Bright Dawn is an exception. In her father's eyes, she became his son's replacement ever since her brother drowned. When Bright Dawn is 18 years old, her father, recently injured, insists that she take his place in the Iditarod, the famous Alaskan dogsled race covering more than a thousand miles between Anchorage and Nome. Unflinching, yet trembling in her mukluks, she faces her challenge head-on. Bright Dawn proves herself to be a strong, courageous heroine--crossing rivers, mountain ranges, and vast stretches of frozen tundra--with her team of dogs, including the lead Black Star. While the rush of wind and relentless, blinding stretches of ice are exhilarating, the dangers involved make Bright Dawn realize that it's not only the race, but her life that she's entrusting to her team of dogs. O'Dell, author of the Newbery Award-winning <
A friend showed me a copy of this book he had picked up at a yard sale and I decided I wanted a copy. (There is also a home school version.) I purchased the extended version, which supplements the 10 DVDs of the original edition with 10 additional DVDs with practice workshops. This was true years ago when companies used defined benefit pension plans where they guaranteed a certain retirement income for retirees. Loved this book, she has learned well from her father Ted Dekker. The earl's wife is a shrew and treats her husband like a dog - even occasionally spits on him.
Spoiler Alert - I'm going to rehash the dumbo story so you don't have to read the book:
The duchess and the earl cross paths at some point and commiserate together and eventually steal a few kisses. Just couldn't sink my mentals into this reading. But it is also a story of love gone wrong, a sad tale of how "Christian" relationships can sometimes slip into abuse, and how hard it is to recover from
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