The Book

Eleven-year-old Jack Kobitz knows exactly where he belongs: under the lights of a baseball field in Lubbock, Texas. When the military moves his family thousands of miles away to the remote village of Galena, Alaska, everything Jack understands is gone. Baseball. Hot summer nights. Aunt Judy’s backyard. His friends. The life he thought was his.

Alaska is a world of frozen rivers, bush planes, and winters that seem to never end. Jack wants no part of it—until he meets Eddie Tillman, a friend who changes everything. 

Together, they discover speed, danger, and a dream worth risking everything for: to one day race the Iron Dog, Alaska’s longest, toughest snowmobile race.

Chasing their childhood dream will push them farther than they ever imagined, testing their friendship against brutal conditions, broken machines, and their own mistakes.

IRON DOG: Ride the Edge is a middle grade coming-of-age adventure about friendship, family, chasing big dreams, and discovering that sometimes finding where you belong means letting go of where you came from.