The Call of the Wild (Tor Classics)
by Jack London
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Author: Jack LondonEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1990-05-15
ISBN: 0812504321
Number of pages: 128
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Aerie
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Book Review: One of the best books about nature ever written
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first thing written by Jack London that I read. At the time, I was in elementary school and I checked it out from the middle school library when we were on an orientation visit. I found it so interesting that I proceeded to read everything of his that I could find. London's expression of events from the perspective of the dog and the innate killer instinct of Buck combine to make an accurate story about nature, the kill or be killed reality of survival.
Yet, Buck is also capable of great love, his actions when he is with Thornton expresses the best traits of a domesticated dog, loyalty, courage and intelligence. Buck defends Thornton when attacked, rescues him from a watery death and engages in simple affectionate play. A true classic of American literature, this is a book that all children should read. Now that I have rediscovered London, I am on a hunt for his other writings.
Summary of The Call of the Wild (Tor Classics)
Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title-offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.This edition of The Call of the Wild includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Dwight Swain.
Kidnapped form his safe California home. Thrown into a life-and-death struggle on the frozen Artic wilderness. Half St. Bernard, half shepard, Buck learns many hard lessons as a sled dog: the lesson of the leash, of the cold, of near-starvation and cruelty. And the greatest lesson he learns from his last owner, John Thornton: the power of love and loyalty.
Yet always, even at the side of the human he loves, Buck feels the pull in his bones, an urge to answer his wolf ancestors as they howl to him.
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