Catherine Nichols
A SamplerChapter Books
Polar Adventures
Stories about Arctic explorers Mysterious Creatures
Investigations into creatures that may or may not exist Animal Masterminds
Accounts of animals with above average intelligence Biographies
Jackie Robinson
The story of Robinson's heroic struggle to integrate baseball Babe Ruth
The amazing life story of America's first sports superstar Barack Obama: Our Forty-Fourth President
An account of the life of Barack Obama Non-Fiction
Monsters and Their Makers
The stories behind how various monsters came into being Microbe Madness
An in-depth look at the epidemics microbes have caused and how science fights back The Great Dogsled Race
The dramatic attempt to get much-needed medicine to sick children |
The Great Dogsled Race
January, 1925: The children of Nome, Alaska, are sick and the medicine they need is hundreds of miles away. Without it, they might die. The only way to send the medicine is by dogsled. Twenty drivers and their teams of dogs set out in freezing weather to deliver the medicine. Will they reach Nome in time? |
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