The Mystery on Alaska's Iditarod Trail (Real Kids! Real Places! (Paperback)) - Softcover

Marsh, Carole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0635016680 ISBN 13: 9780635016683

Publisher: Carole Marsh Mysteries, 2003

Synopsis

Four real (cold) kids head north to Alaska (where else?) just in time for the famous Iditarod Trial dogsled race! They discover themselves in hot pursuit of a runaway team with a renegade musher? in a snowbank of clues about a mystery that needs solving VERY FAST! All you got to do is dig through some very old Gold Rush history, but hurry lives are depending on you! On, you huskies!

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.

Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.

Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:
Grade Levels: 3-6
Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.9
Accelerated Reader Points: 3
Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74564
Lexile Measure: 830
Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q
Developmental Assessment Level: 40

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About this title

About the Author:

Carole Marsh:

• Native of Atlanta, Georgia
• Professional writer and photographer
• Founder and CEO of Gallopade International, Inc.
• Founder and Owner of Marsh Media, a public relations anD corporate communications firm
• Creator of more than 15,000 products, primarily fiction and non-fiction supplementary educational materials
including books, interactive CD-ROMs, games, and online adventures

Awards Include:

• 2011 Teachers’ Choice for the Classroom by Learning Magazine
• 2007 Greatest Products by iParenting Media
• 2006 Georgia Author of the Year by Georgia Writers Association
• 2004 Teachers’ Choice for the Family by Learning Magazine
• 2003 Excellence in Education Award from the National School Supply and Equipment Association
• 2002 Teachers' Choice Award by Learning Magazine
• 2002 Award of Excellence Recipient from Association Advance America
• 2000 Fastest Growing Small Press from Publishers Weekly
• Communicator of the Year in 1979

About this edition

• Publisher: Carole Marsh Mysteries
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0635016680
• ISBN 13: 9780635016683
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 145