The Call of the Wild

Author: Jack London
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: More than half of the 20th-century modern and contemporary outstanding foreign works make up for the lack of "rare and precious" modern and contemporary literary works in China's "New Curriculum Standards" recommended reading. Addressing the overly "advanced" status of children's books in China, a collection of world-class children's picture books has been published for children aged 2-8. The works vary in genre: including novels, poems, essays, drama stories, picture books, fairy tales, and biographies of famous figures. The novels include science fiction, animal novels, fantasy novels, treasure-hunting novels, detective novels, horror novels, as well as realistic and romantic novels reflecting modern and contemporary life.
Four. The common feature of the 35 selected books is: strong readability, appropriate length, and all accompanied by exquisite illustrations, truly making them a perfect combination of text and images. This book includes two famous novels by American author Jack London that depict animals. The Call of the Wild tells the story of a dog named Buck with wolf blood. The book describes their primal struggles for survival, as Buck, after avenging his owner, answers the call of the wild and retreats into the forest. White Fang eventually overcomes its wild nature under the owner's influence and bravely saves the owner's life in a critical moment. The novel is vivid and touching, with strong artistic appeal. It expresses the author's humanism and the social Darwinist ideas of "survival of the fittest" and "might makes right."