This is a class set of 15 books. Recounts the life of Balto, the sled dog who saved Nome, Alaska in 1925 from a diphtheria epidemic by delivering medicine through a raging snowstorm. By Natalie Stanford. Interest Level: K-3 Reading Level: 2.7 ATOS Book Level: 2.5 AR Interest Level: LG AR Points: .5 AR Quiz: 6255EN Reading Counts Level: 2.5 Reading Counts Points: 2 Lexile: 510L Fountas & Pinnell: L.