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1) The Sea Wolf
Author
Language
English
Description
Jack London's 1904 novel "The Sea Wolf" is the story of Humphrey van Weyden, an effete gentleman, who finds himself shipwrecked when the San Francisco ferry his is aboard collides with another ship in the fog. Adrift in the bay, Humphrey is rescued by Wolf Larsen, the brutish captain of a seal-hunting schooner, the "Ghost". However, his relief in being saved is short-lived, for he is soon put to work, essentially enslaved as a cabin boy forced to...
2) White Fang
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"White Fang" by Jack London is a riveting tale of the wild, set in the Yukon Territory during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. This novel, a companion to London's famous "The Call of the Wild", inversely explores the world from the perspective of a wolf-dog mix named White Fang.
Born in the wild but gradually brought into the world of humans, White Fang's journey is one of survival, adaptation, and the struggle between his wild instincts and the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The classic tale of a dog's heroic adventures in the frozen Yukon, and inspiration for the major motion picture starring Harrison Ford.
An instant classic when it was first published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is a thrilling frontier adventure and uniquely American ode to the power of nature. The story begins at the dawn of the Klondike Gold Rush, when capable sled dogs are in high demand.
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An instant classic when it was first published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is a thrilling frontier adventure and uniquely American ode to the power of nature. The story begins at the dawn of the Klondike Gold Rush, when capable sled dogs are in high demand.
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