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Little Willy and his dog Searchlight live in Wyoming, and Little Willy's grandfather, though otherwise perfectly healthy, has come down with a bad case of losing-his-will-to-live. The reason? He owes the state $500 in taxes, and they're threatening to take away his farm. So Little Willy and Searchlight, despite having absolutely no training, decide to sign up for a sled dog race with $500 dollars as the prize money. Their main competitor is Stone Fox, [[Magical Native American|a Native American man who never ever talks to white people and has never lost a race with his trusty Samoyeds.]] Little Willy and Searchlight place all their hopes of saving Grandpa's farm on the race!
[[Deus Angst Machina|Searchlight dies of a heart attack just before Willy crosses the finish line.]] [[What the Hell, Hero?|Then Stone Fox pulls his gun on the rest of the racers and threatens to shoot them]] [[No Fair Cheating|if any of them cross the finish line before Little Willy finishes carrying Searchlight's body across.]]
As the description suggests, this short novel (written in 1980 by John Reynolds Gardiner) is very much one of ''[[Death By Newbery Medal|those]]'' books. It was, however, very popular. It's been read by millions of children (and assigned reading in many schools), and had a 1987 [[Made for TV Movie]] adaptation. Produced by [[Hanna
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