| The Call of the Wild Contributor(s): Struik, Alex (Illustrator), London, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 1482569892 ISBN-13: 9781482569896 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.54 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
| Lexile Measure: 620 |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.34 lbs) 108 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 139721 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Call of the Wild is a novel by American author Jack London published in 1903. The story takes place in the extreme conditions of the Yukon during the 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush, where strong sled dogs were in high demand. After Buck, a domesticated dog, is snatched from a pastoral ranch in California, he is sold into a brutal life as a sled dog. The novella details Buck's struggle to adjust and survive the cruel treatment he receives from humans, other dogs, and nature. John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. He is best remembered as the author of The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote of the South Pacific in such stories as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen", and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf. |