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A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection • You may know Balto—now explore the true story of Togo, the heroic Siberian Husky who traveled through a terrifying blizzard to help deliver life-saving medicine to children in need.

'A triumphant telling filled with depth and excitement.' —Publishers Weekly

In January 1925, the community of Nome, Alaska, was overcome by an outbreak of diphtheria, a deadly disease that affected mostly children. If that weren’t enough, a blinding snowstorm prevented all travel to and from the rural town. Who would deliver the serum cure? Nome’s only hope rested on sled dogs. An expedition was quickly organized: The dogs would travel in teams in a relay covering 674 miles to deliver the serum. One of those teams, led by musher Leonhard Seppala, had Togo at the helm. It was Togo leading the pack that traveled the longest and most dangerous part of the exped

Togo to the Rescue

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A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection • You may know Balto—now explore the true story of Togo, the heroic Siberian Husky... Read more

    Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
    Publication Date: 12/5/2024
    ISBN13: 9780316335447, 978-0316335447
    ISBN10: 0316335444

    Children & Teen , Children's Non-Fiction

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    A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection • You may know Balto—now explore the true story of Togo, the heroic Siberian Husky who traveled through a terrifying blizzard to help deliver life-saving medicine to children in need.

    'A triumphant telling filled with depth and excitement.' —Publishers Weekly

    In January 1925, the community of Nome, Alaska, was overcome by an outbreak of diphtheria, a deadly disease that affected mostly children. If that weren’t enough, a blinding snowstorm prevented all travel to and from the rural town. Who would deliver the serum cure? Nome’s only hope rested on sled dogs. An expedition was quickly organized: The dogs would travel in teams in a relay covering 674 miles to deliver the serum. One of those teams, led by musher Leonhard Seppala, had Togo at the helm. It was Togo leading the pack that traveled the longest and most dangerous part of the exped

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