Based on a true story, this book introduces Gobi, a stray dog living alone in China's Gobi Desert, who becomes best friends with Dion Leonard, an ultramarathon runner who is running a race across the desert. Describes how Gobi runs alongside Leonard for seventy-seven miles of the race in extreme temperatures, over sand dunes, and through rivers before the two cross the finish line together. Goldfinch Award 2019 - 2020.

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