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The classic story of a remarkable dog. Buck, lives a comfortable life as top dog at the home of the Judge. Son of a handsome St Bernard, Buck too is handsome, intelligent and totally trusted by the household. But everything changes when Buck is stolen from his life of luxury and forced into the harsh labour of a sledge dog in the heart of the icy Yukon Territory.
How Buck survives his savage ordeal and responds to the pull of life as a dog living in the wild is a powerful story of the reality of nature which can only partially be trained out of the dog.
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The Call of the Wild is a short experience novel by Jack London, distributed in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when solid sled canines were sought after. The focal character of the novel is a canine named Buck. The story opens at a farm in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is taken from his home and sold into administration as a sled canine in Alaska.
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The Call of the Wild is a short experience novel by Jack London, distributed in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when solid sled canines were sought after. The focal character of the novel is a canine named Buck.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Call Of The Wild and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-10 years old
The Call Of The Wild features in the following genres: Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Animal Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Classic Literature
Paperback, Hardback. £10.79, down from the £11.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Call Of The Wild was written by Jack London and published by Double 9 Booksllp an imprint of Repro India Limited
The Call Of The Wild has 84 pages
£10.79, reduced from £11.99. In Stock.
