The Great Serum Race: Blazing the Iditarod Trail
by Debbie S. Miller and Jon Van Zyle
In the winter of 1925, Nome, Alaska, was hit by an unexpected and deadly outbreak... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Sports
Year Published 2002
Word Count 3,333
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 910L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 64587, 1 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Physical Education
- Subject Headings
- Iditarod (Race)
- Diphtheria--Alaska--Nome--Juvenile literature
- Nome
- Togo (Dog)
- Diphtheria antitoxin--Juvenile literature
- Sled dogs
- Diphtheria--History
- Diphtheria antitoxin
- Sled dogs--Alaska--Juvenile literature
- Dogs
- History
- Diphtheria
- Alaska
- Mushers--Alaska--Juvenile literature
- Balto (Dog)
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Dogs
- Mushers
- 1867-1959
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Winter Sports
- Alaska--History--1867-1959
- Iditarod National Historic Trail (Alaska)--History--Juvenile literature
- Iditarod (Race)--Juvenile literature
- Siberian husky
- Iditarod National Historic Trail (Alaska)
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Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2003
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