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When 14-year-old dogsled racer Victoria sets out for her neighbor's with a small team of dogs, her biggest concern is making it back home before her mom realizes she's gone. Things take an unexpected turn when she happens upon a snowmobile accident and a dazed boy she doesn't recognize. With the snowmobile out of the equation, Victoria must make sure the boy gets back home safely. With instructions from the boy, she sets of in search of his house. Before long Victoria realizes that they're heading further and further into the wilderness and, by the time the boy admits he might not know the woods as well as he implied, Victoria, the boy, and her dogs are stranded with night and frigid temperatures quickly approaching. Things get even more complicated - and deadly - when their map is lost and the small amount of food Victoria packed is quickly consumed, leaving Victoria with little more than her wits to rely on if the group is going to survive the fierce Alaskan wilderness.

I can't stress how much I appreciate ICE DOGS. Growing up in northern Michigan with a passion for reading, I never tired of books about kids surviving on their own in the wilderness. Books by Gary Paulsen and Jean Craighead George were on constant check-out from the library and, for years, my favorite animal was the Peregrine falcon because of the bird's central role in Craighead George's MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. I'm confident that if I would have read ICE DOGS as a kid, Victoria would have been my new role model and the Siberian Husky my favorite animal. There are simply not enough books within this subgenre that feature a female protagonist. Victoria is a smart, capable, and compassionate character in an action-packed, high stakes adventure and young readers will love her.

Not only is this survival story utterly captivating from an entertainment standpoint, I was surprised by how much I learned about survival and dog sledding. I'm not saying I could go out and survive like Victoria did if I somehow found myself lost in even the forest behind my house, but I have a whole new level of respect for dog sledding and nature. Johnson doesn't oversimplify or patronize her audience, she treats them with respect and successfully engages readers with a real-life intensity.


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Ice Dogs Terry Lynn Johnson 9780547899268 Books Reviews

Fourteen-year-old, Victoria Secord, is an Alaskan dog sled racer. While she is out on a trail with her dogs, she comes across an injured young man who has had a snow mobile accident. Trying to rescue him and get home becomes and epic adventure.

Ice dogs is a fast-paced story of survival with well-developed characters and a riveting plot. It's a book that even reluctant readers would have difficulty putting down. Ice Dogs is a story that would appeal to young readers ages ten and older.
Well that was a blazing fast read! A great adventure story that had me flipping pages as fast as I could turn and one or two sweet sentimental tears at the end. I loved Victoria and her keen love for and knowledge of her dogs.

A fabulous upper MG read!!
Victoria is a fourteen-year-old musher who gets caught in a snowstorm. She has to take care of not just herself, but her beloved dogs and a lost, clumsy city boy named Chris. There’s the frigid Alaskan weather, injuries, a dwindling supply of food, and so much more they have to deal with. Even when things look bleak, Victoria struggles and persists in finding her way to safety for all of them. This is an amazing adventure story with a wonderful dog and mushing angle that I found interesting. Because of the main character’s age and fast pace, this seems to be upper MG, young YA.
I love this book. I bought the book a couple of years ago and just read it a couple of months ago. The only reason I even started reading it was because I was bored and really needed a book I hadn't read before. When I finished, I was kicking myself because I hadn't read it when I got it. Looking at the cover , I really didn't think it would be this good and clearly I misjudged it.This book teaches important life lessons about forgiveness, how important trust is, and the power of friendship. This book it amazing and I could recommend it to anyone.
My 7-yr old boy has been consumed by all things dog-sledding. I bought this book for him for Christmas and we read it together over the last few weeks.
What a great story!!
Real adventure. We both were riveted reading it and were excited to read further each night when we had the chance.
Real characters, evocative detail, excitement of survival.
Great book. Thanks Terry Lynn Johnson!
I finished this book a while back and had read several since. So my poor memory just gives me my thoughts as I read and completed it. It was obvious to me that the author was writing from first hand experience, not imagination. I have a great deal of experience with dogs, but not any with dog sledding. So it was a most enjoyable and educational for me to read this book. It was well written and "hard to lay down". After finishing it I was able to read about the author and confirm my guess that it was a dog sledding expert. I believe that owners of dogs that work in any capacity would especially enjoy this book.
Good survival story for elementary and younger teens. The two main characters become lost in an Alaskan snow storm. Victoria is the more savy character about survival; she has her won dog sled team and experience gained from her father. Chris is a new-to-Alaska snowmobiler who however adds a nice balance to the non-traditional character roles - he knows how to sew, a skill he contributes to their struggle to survive. Some mild sexual interest between characters.The sled dogs are the third "character" to the story as their are challenged by the unforgiving wild.
When 14-year-old dogsled racer Victoria sets out for her neighbor's with a small team of dogs, her biggest concern is making it back home before her mom realizes she's gone. Things take an unexpected turn when she happens upon a snowmobile accident and a dazed boy she doesn't recognize. With the snowmobile out of the equation, Victoria must make sure the boy gets back home safely. With instructions from the boy, she sets of in search of his house. Before long Victoria realizes that they're heading further and further into the wilderness and, by the time the boy admits he might not know the woods as well as he implied, Victoria, the boy, and her dogs are stranded with night and frigid temperatures quickly approaching. Things get even more complicated - and deadly - when their map is lost and the small amount of food Victoria packed is quickly consumed, leaving Victoria with little more than her wits to rely on if the group is going to survive the fierce Alaskan wilderness.

I can't stress how much I appreciate ICE DOGS. Growing up in northern Michigan with a passion for reading, I never tired of books about kids surviving on their own in the wilderness. Books by Gary Paulsen and Jean Craighead George were on constant check-out from the library and, for years, my favorite animal was the Peregrine falcon because of the bird's central role in Craighead George's MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. I'm confident that if I would have read ICE DOGS as a kid, Victoria would have been my new role model and the Siberian Husky my favorite animal. There are simply not enough books within this subgenre that feature a female protagonist. Victoria is a smart, capable, and compassionate character in an action-packed, high stakes adventure and young readers will love her.

Not only is this survival story utterly captivating from an entertainment standpoint, I was surprised by how much I learned about survival and dog sledding. I'm not saying I could go out and survive like Victoria did if I somehow found myself lost in even the forest behind my house, but I have a whole new level of respect for dog sledding and nature. Johnson doesn't oversimplify or patronize her audience, she treats them with respect and successfully engages readers with a real-life intensity.