The Mystery on Alaska's Iditarod Trail (Real Kids Real Places Series)

Twelve nuggets of gold, six sick dogs, four c-c-cold kids, too many miles and one wild & scary ride! Four real kids head north to Alaska just in time for the Iditarod Trail dogsled race and find themselves in the cold about a mystery that takes digging through Gold Rush history to solve!

LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more!
Alaskan geography
• Information on California and Klondike gold rushes
• Gold Dust Soup
• Story of Balto and the beginning of the Iditarod
• Dressing for the Alaskan weather
• Siberian huskies
• How to feed sled dogs
• Moose
• Dogs and antifreeze
• Information on the Iditarod race- racing vocabulary, sled dog alignment, how to drive a sled, supplies needed, and training
• Mail on the Iditarod
• Prizes for Iditarod winner and Iditarod finishers
• Changing location of Iditarod race
• Widow's Lantern and historical lantern use
• Gold Rush Hotel
• Burled Arch, Nome, AK
• Eagle River, AK
• Skwentna, AK
• Ruby, AK
• Nulato, AK.

This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, Built-In Book Club and activities. This Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level and a Developmental Reading Assessment level.