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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"The tale of Buck, abducted and mistreated and his gradual adaptation to the wild is a much heralded celebration of the power of instinct and the natural world. This edition includes four short stories: 'The Son of the Wolf', 'To the Man on the Trail', 'The Wisdom of the Trail' and 'An Odyssey of the North'."--Amazon.com.
2) White Fang
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Part dog, part wolf, White Fang is a half-breed that has trouble finding his place in the world. Mistreated by men and other animals, White Fang learns how to defend himself and survive by not trusting anyone. See how White Fang is changed from a savage beast into a gentle, wise animal by the kindness of one man.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by a true story, this is the unforgettable story of a young boy named Ernest, set during the 1909 Seattle world's fair called the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo. It is a time when the magical wonders of technology on display at the expo future seems limitless. But for Ernest, a half-Chinese orphan who found his way to America through a last desperate act of his beloved mother, every door is closed. A charity student at a boarding school, he has...
5) Jason's gold
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When news of the discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon Territory in 1897 reaches fifteen-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 10,000-mile journey to strike it rich.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky touches the heart and spirit with this charming story, first published in 1982, of a young woman's search for passion and renewal. No one could have imagined naïve and pampered Rory Matthews in the wilderness of the Yukon Territory-least of all Rory herself. But arriving unexpectedly to join her brother on a scientific expedition was Rory's way of putting her spoiled, rich-girl ways behind her. Though...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Station Eleven meets The Hunger Games in this ruthless, captivating story of a young womans survival in the frozen wilderness of the Yukon after the rest of the world has collapsed. As the old world dies, we all must choose to become predators. Or become prey. The old world has been ravaged by war and disease, and as far as Lynn McBride is concerned, her family could be the last one left on earth. For seven years, the McBrides have eked out...
Author
Series
Tus libros volume 54
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Buck es un perro que vive en San Diego, California. De su feliz vida como perro de casa es arrancado vilmente, así inicia un viaje que lo llevará a recorrer América del Norte, hasta llegar a los límites del círculo polar ártico, mas el viaje de Buck es también espiritual: cuando es secuestrado y obligado a cambiar su cómoda y civilizada vida, Buck se resiste, pero a medida que el clima, el trato humano y el contexto se van volviendo más agrestes,...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Detective Casey Duncan has noticed fewerand fewer residents coming in to the hidden town of Rockton, and no extensions being granted. Her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, presumes it's the natural flux of things, but Casey's not so sure. It seems like something bigger is happening in the small town they call home. When an injured hiker stumbles from the woods, someone who seems to have come to the Yukon for a wilderness vacation but instead is now...
11) Journey
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1989
Physical Desc
244 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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.
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...
16) Klondike gold
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of William Howell, a young prospector who braved the arduous journey from Boston to the Yukon Territory in search of gold in the Klondike River valley.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
[Abridged ed.].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
153 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
Author
Publisher
Great Plains Press
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
60 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is a fictional tale of Jack, the dog who was a real-life friend to Jack London during the 1897 Yukon Gold Rush and the model for Buck in his 1903 book, Call of the wild. This story imagines what might have happened when Jack was left behind by Jack London, and what adventures he might have had.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Jack Thornton is an adventurer who travels the Yukon in search of gold. Whe he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog with the strenght of his part-wolf ancestry, Jack's luck changes. A winning $1,000 bet on Buck's stamina is only the first of the rewards that his friendship with the canine will bring. When the pair, along with Jack's friend Shorty, happen upon a woman who's lost her husband in the wild they begin their greatest adventure yet in this rousing...
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