Jack London
Author
Language
English
Description
Commonly considered to be Jack London's tour de force, The Call of the Wild tells the story of Buck, a domesticated dog ripped from a comfortable life when he is stolen from his home on a California ranch. Sold to a pair of men in Canada, Buck is trained as a sled dog in cold wilderness of the Klondike region. However, Buck's ordeal has only begun, as he is forced to learn how to overcome both in the brutal conditions and as the primal social facets...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A story of a dog whose life is changed forever. Kidnapped from his sunny California home, Buck is taken to the cold, hard world of the Klondike. Buck is hitched into the traces of a dog sled, but the traces cannot hold his spirit, his will, or his true nature--to be wild--to be free.
8) White Fang
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
vi, 151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with man.
9) White Fang
Author
Series
Publisher
Baronet Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
240. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Part wolf, part dog, White Fang is an orphan cub in the frozen frontier of the Yukon, exploited and abused by men until one man teaches the animal to recognize his own greatest tribute -- his loyalty.