Surviving the Iditarod: An Interactive Extreme Sports Adventure

by Nicki Jacobsmeyer

Set in the Alaskan wilds, the Iditarod is one of the most extreme races on the planet. As the musher and leader of a high-powered dog sledding team, choosing the right dog is just the first of your important decisions. From there, each choice you make will affect whether you come in first, fifth, last, or not at all. YOU CHOOSE how this adventure ends.

112 pages, Library Binding

Published August 1, 2017

Reviews

[Peggy Archer · Rating 5 out of 5]

You've dreamed of being a musher with your own team of dogs to race in the Iditarod, a race that covers approximately 1,000 miles cutting through the heart of the Alaskan wilds. You've trained and worked with your dogs, built up your endurance. As you lead your team of sled dogs to run the Iditarod, you have choices to make that will determine the outcome of the race. Will you make the right decisions and finish the race? Learn about the Iditarod and what it takes to be a musher by participating yourself! There are 43 chioces and 19 possible endings!

[Mandi Morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book provided my son and I with multiple days of bedtime reading as we kept starting over and trying a different combination of choices. Some of the choices gave us serious anxiety! Not only was the book interesting and informative, but I appreciated how my son used critical thinking and reading comprehension to use the clues given to try and make the best choice moving forward. It was such fun, we will certainly keep this author on our radar for future books.

[Tara Opsteen-Van Dyke · Rating 4 out of 5]

A few inaccuracies regarding the Iditarod, but overall, I thought this had some good, basic information for introducing the race to my students. The one caveat is that some of the resolutions of this choose-your-own adventure book end in death. So while my high school students enjoyed it, young students might not.

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was just okay for me. I think I my high expectations got in the way. It is very well written and what I have come to expect with these books. I was hoping to have more information about the dogs in the back of the book. I know the kids will enjoy this one.

[Sharon K. Mayhew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this chapter book. A great number of choices for different adventures. The writer has a great grade school voice. This book will be good for girls or boys. High quality binding, which is great because it can be read over and over with different endings.

[Rebecca Sofferman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Used this for a read-aloud with middle schoolers completing an Iditarod unit. They loved it! It helped to make the race seem more real to them.