Balto the Hero

by Angela Tung

Balto will do anything for Jenna and her girl, Rosie. After all, they're the ones who give the brave half-wolf a chance. So it's no surprise that when Rosie gets sick, Balto is the one who risks his life to save her. But are bear attacks and blizzards too much for this brave sled dog? Full color.

Genres: Childrens

28 pages, Hardcover

First published November 29, 1995

About the author

Angela Tung is a writer in San Francisco. Her work has appeared in CNN Living, The Frisky, Dark Sky Magazine, Matador Life, The New York Press and elsewhere.

Her latest book, Black Fish: Memoir of a Bad Luck Girl, chronicles the failed marriage between a Chinese woman and Korean man, both American-born but still bound by old world traditions. Black Fish was short-listed for Graywolf Press' 2010 Nonfiction Prize.

In addition, she's a writer/editor at Wordnik.com, an online word source, and has an MA in Creative Writing from Boston University.

Reviews

[Amara · Rating 3 out of 5]

My sister was obsessed with Balto (the movie) when she was little, so I had to watch it a zillion times. This book has all of the magic of the movie.