Buck recognized the wild brother. He was whining softly, and they
touched noses. A second wolf, old and battle-scarred, came forward and
sniffed noses with him; he sat down, pointed his nose at the moon, and
broke out in a long wolf howl. Buck, too, sat down and howled. Buck, a
big, powerful dog, is kidnapped from his California home and sold as a
sled dog in the Arctic. In his new environment he must learn quickly how
to deal with man's club and dog's fang, or he will not be able to
survive. He is transformed by two opposing forces - his love for John
Thornton who saved his life, and the memories that awaken within him of
the ways of his ancestors, both dogs and wolves. How will Buck survive,
and not just survive, but become a leader of dogs and eventually a
leader of wolves?
Real Reads are accessible texts designed to support the literacy
development of primary and lower secondary age children while
introducing them to the riches of our international literary heritage.
Each book is a retelling of a work of great literature from one of the
world's greatest cultures, fitted into a 64-page book, making classic
stories, dramas and histories available to intelligent young readers as
a bridge to the full texts, to language students wanting access to other
cultures, and to adult readers who are unlikely ever to read the
original versions.
