The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
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The Call of the Wild

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  • Recommended for 10 years or older
  • Printed in United Kingdom

by Jack London

Life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley, where he spends his days eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. But one day a treacherous act of betrayal leads to his kidnap, and he is forced into a life of toil and danger. Dragged away to be a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing cold Yukon, Buck must fight for his survivial. Can he rise above his enemies and become the master of his realm once again? With an inspirational introduction by award-winning author Melvyn Burgess, The Call of the Wild is one of the twenty wonderful classic stories being reissued in Puffin Classics in March 2015.

'The facts of life took on a fiercer aspect and, while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent cunning of his nature aroused.'

The biting cold and the aching silence of the far North become an unforgettable backdrop for Jack London's vivid, rousing, superbly realistic wilderness adventure stories featuring the author's unique knowledge of the Yukon and the behaviour of humans and animals facing nature at its cruelest.

The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.

Recommended by the publisher for young readers 10 years and up.

Softcover, 160 pages.

Puffin Classics.

Printed in Great Britain.

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Reviews

★ "On re-reading The Call of the Wild, I was struck by how powerful and evocative Jack London’s prose is. At times, I could almost hear the freezing wind whistling by the window: a chill, as if snow was on the way, crept over me.

Reading this at 12 years old, I remember not taking much note of the author’s writing style, and was only interested in the exciting and gruelling tribulations of a most astounding dog. Set in the late 1890s along the West Coast of the US – and north, into Canada and Alaska, the story follows Buck, a formidable dog living a comfortable, domesticated life on the property of a Californian judge. His misadventure begins when he is stolen and sold into a kind of slavery, to become a sled dog for various masters during the Klondike gold rush. He is passed harshly from hand to hand, some cruel and ignorant and hateful, some fair and relatively kind, and one particular salt-of-the-earth type person you’ll wish there were more of.

This book is about a dog; it’s also about nature, and instinct, and survival. It’s exciting, short enough for limited attention spans, and beautifully written for readers who want a bit of a challenge. I’d recommend this for ages 12 and up, but do note that it is quite violent in parts." ~ George Munn, Readings

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