Dog Diaries #4: Togo

Description

Small, feisty Siberian husky Togo - the overlooked sled-dog hero of the 1925 serum run to Nome - sets the record straight in 'Dog Diaries' 4! When a diptheria epidemic breaks out in isolated Nome, Alaska, in January 1925, the only way to get life-saving serum to the town is by using dog-sled relay teams. Twenty teams participate, and the dog who inevitably gets credit for saving the town is Balto, lead dog on the final team which delivered the serum. But few people have ever heard of 12-year-old Togo and his musher Leonard Seppala, who carried the serum for almost double the length of any other team, and twice violated warnings to avoid perilous Norton Sound and instead ran straight over the frozen ice!

Reviews

Kirkus Reviews, December 1, 2013: "An informative historical narrative with heart."

Author description

KATE KLIMO is the author of many books for young readers, including the Dog Diaries series books "Ginger, Buddy, ""Barry, "and "Togo." To learn more about her and her work, visit kateklimo.com TIM JESSELL is an award-winning illustrator whose work has appeared in numerous children's books. He is the illustrator of all the books in the Dog Diaries series. Check out his work at timjessell.com. "From the Hardcover Library Binding edition."