The call of the wild / retold from the Jack London original by Oliver Ho ; illustrated by Lucy Corvino.
Material type:
TextSeries: Classic startsPublication details: New York : Sterling Children's Books, ©2005.Edition: [Abridged edition.]Description: 152 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 140271274X
- 9781402712746
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Classic Ho | Available | 33111009704129 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Following Sterlings spectacularly successful launch of its childrens 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 the worlds beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.
Here is the ultimate dog story, one filled with emotion, adventure, and excitement.
During the Gold Rush, Buck is snatched away from his peaceful home and brought to the harsh and bitter Yukon to become a sled dog. Will he adapt, and learn to trust men? Or will his newly awakened primitive instincts lead him to search for the freedom he has never known?
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.
Kidnapped -- Snow -- Learning to survive -- Strongest dog -- Rivals -- New trials -- New masters -- John Thornton -- Bet -- Questions, questions, questions -- Afterword.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 4 105133.