They were a team - the young Eskimo girl and the white dog, part husky but mostly wolf - a team, yes but in some ways Black Star was the leader. Bright Dawn never expected to compete in the Iditarod, the dogsled race that covers more than a thousand miles between Anchorage and Nome. But now she's here, watching the trail skim by and her dog running with their ears laid back, and she can't imagi…
In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it blue dolphin swim, otters play, and sea birds abound. Once, Indians also lived on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind. Karana is the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphin. Year after year she waited for a ship to re…