Dog Diaries #4: Togo
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4.4 • 25 Ratings
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Small, feisty Siberian husky Togo—the overlooked sled-dog hero of the 1925 serum run to Nome—sets the record straight in Dog Diaries #4! When a diptheria epidemic breaks out in isolated Nome, Alaska, in January 1925, the only way to get life-saving serum to the town is by using dog-sled relay teams. Twenty teams participate, and the dog who inevitably gets credit for saving the town is Balto, lead dog on the final team which delivered the serum. But few people have ever heard of 12-year-old Togo and his musher Leonard Seppala, who carried the serum for almost double the length of any other team, and twice violated warnings to avoid perilous Norton Sound and instead ran straight over the frozen ice! With realistic black-and-white illustrations by Tim Jessell—plus an appendix with information about Siberian huskies, sled dogs, mushers, and more—Togo's tale is perfect for middle-grade readers who love a spunky underdog!
Customer Reviews
Amazing
As a 13 year old kid I really like this book but the way that Togo is and works is amazing!
Go Togo!!
This is an amazing book! Highly recommended! It’s great to know that someone other than me remembers who the true hero of the serum run was. Bonito44...yes Togo ran 150 more miles than Balto but...Togo was at least 12 years old when he ran, he wasn’t a pup. Nah the people who rated this one star are soulless heartless beings that deny Togo being the real hero...or people with just an opinion :))
Amazing!
I like Balto but this dog deserves more credit than Balto!!
He's the REAL hero not Balto! It's so sad that Togo worked his butt off more than ALL the other dogsled teams in the serum run and he receives no credit, no film, just one book about him. The people that rated this one star can’t see true heroism. Again I like Balto and he did help...BARELY! Balto only ran at least 55 miles. That’s less than half of the race! On the other hand, Togo ran (from what I remember) 200 miles not to mention that he was really young! I’m guessing that people respect Balto a lot more than Togo because he was the lead dog when he made it back to Nome with the medication. Balto shouldn’t be known as “the bravest dog ever”. Togo should have that name!
He was practically a puppy and ran 150 more miles than Balto!