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This book is based on The Call of the Wild by Jack London.
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Description edit
This is a "retold" adaption of the original.
Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts . The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
First Sentence edit
Buck did not read the newspapers. If he did, he would have known that trouble was brewing, not only for himself, but for every dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego. A little while ago, some men, who lived far north in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal that was worth a lot of money. Now, thousands of men were heading north in pursuit of that metal they called gold. These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were dogs like Buck, heavy dogs with strong muscles and furry coats to protect them from the cold.
Table of Contents edit
1 Kidnapped
2 Snow
3 Learning to Survive
4 The Strongest Dog
5 Rivals
6 New Trials
7 New Masters
8 John Thornton
9 The Bet
10 The Call of the Wild
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Classic Starts Series. (standard series)
This book is in Classic Starts. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jack London (Creator)
Other Contributors:
- Oliver Ho (Adapter)
- Lucy Corvino (Illustrator)
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › Animals › Dogs › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › Animals › Foxes & Wolves › Fiction
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( L ) › London, Jack
- Books › Children's Books › Authors & Illustrators, A-Z › ( L ) › London, Jack
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Classics by Age
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Action & Adventure
- Books › Children's Books › Ages 4-8
- Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12
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