The Call of the Wild

by Tricia Hedge, Jennifer Basset (Series Editor)

When men find gold in the frozen north of Canada, they need dogs - big, strong dogs to pull the sledges on the long journeys to and from the gold mines. Buck is stolen from his home in the south and sold as a sledge-dog. He has to learn a new way of life - how to work in harness, how to stay alive in the ice and the snow... and how to fight. Because when a dog falls down in a fight, he never gets up again.

Genres: Classics, Action

80 pages, Paperback

Published August 17, 2000

About the author

Tricia Hedge is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Nottingham University. Since 1972 she has taught students and teachers in universities in Sweden, Japan and the UK on a wide variety of programmes: English for Academic Purposes, English for Professional Purposes, and both pre-service and in-service education.

Tricia is the author of Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom and Resource Books for Teachers: Writing, the first edition of which won the English Speaking Union's Duke of Edinburgh award. She is also co-editor of Power, Pedagogy and Practice and founder editor of the Oxford Bookworms Library series, published by Oxford University Press. She is a former editor of ELT Journal.

Reviews

[Abrar Alarjan · Rating 2 out of 5]

ليست رديئة ولا جيدة لكنها لم تعجبني .
تتحدث عن كلب اسمه باك يستخدم في جر المزلاجات في أودية في كندا
ثم شيئًا فشيئًا يصير قويًا ويقرر بأن يعيش في قطيع مع الذئاب بدلا من العيش مع البشر

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is undoubtably a 5 star story but the audible that I listened to was 2 stars at best.

[Amethyst Travis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good.

[Anyu Juci · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is good for learning English, and the story is enteresting. But I think it is too short, there were some chapter, which wasn't clear enough for me. Maybe I will buy the original book.

[Francisco Derteano · Rating 4 out of 5]

READ IN ENGLISH

I love the dogs and this is a sad story of one 😭... Jack London turns the story in all.

[Biblioteca Diana]

3 ejemplares

[Rikko215 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short adventure novel about a strong sled dog, called Buck, was extraordinary. In the Goldrush era in the US and Canada, people needed a lot of dogs to carry their luggage or letters, and to search for gold. Buck was forced to work as a sled dog. Even though he faced many harsh situations in the cold, how he transformed from a pet at Mr.Miller's house to the head of a wolf pack was astonishing. In every scene, the author articulated the dog’s feelings quite well and the book allowed me to see the world from an animal's point of view.
Understandably, "the call of the wild" is known as one of the best world literature!

[Hm · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is goooooooood

[Hadil AL-Sawaiee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have always so much love and affection for wolves. I feel and will always believe that they are so majestic and unique. Within the wolves hearts, the call of the wild resides.
ياريت لو إني أكون ذئبة او اقل شي اعيش مع الذئاب البرية. روح البرية ونداء البرية تكمن داخل أعماق قلوب الذئاب وفي عواءهم في جوف ليالي الشتاء.
🌹🌻❤🐺

The Call of the Wild :
But something was changing in Buck.
He had lived in the north a long time now, and he was almost a wild dog. His dreams were filled with other animals - dogs, half-wolves, and wild wolves. They seemed to call him into the forest, and sometimes buck wanted to leave the fire and answer the call.
The call of the wild was calling Buck it was within the forest where there was a wolf howling. Finally, the wild dog Buck and the wolf became friends and the call of the wild was loud in Buck's ears. And when the wolves moved on, back into the forest, Buck ran with them, side by side.
Buck now is never alone. In the long winter nights, he runs at the head of the wolf pack through the moonlight, calling into the night with them, singing a song from a younger wold.

[Shuhei · Rating 5 out of 5]

1.Oxford level3
2.11/5=150min
3.Buck experience rich sledge explore wild dog
4.strange hairy man
I didn't know hairy means a person who has lots of hair.
5.This story is about life of a dog. He experienced lots of kind of life. Rich man's dog, sledge dog, work for terrible family and explore with professional explorer. While his experiences, he learned lots of things. However, his final master, professional explorer was killed by Indian, and then he become wild dog. After that, every summer he came to the place which his master was dead and bark. His life was very interesting and I learned there are people who treat animals as tools and people who treat them as their family. I'd like to be latter one.

[Takuma Kusagawa · Rating 4 out of 5]

1.OXFORD,Level3

2.11/18=30munites,11/19=80minutes

3.dog,fight,strong,journey,ice,gold,sledge

4."Suddenly, the bravest wolf jumped at Buck. In a second, Buck had bitten, and then stood still again. The wolf was dead behind him. Three more wolves jumped at him, and were killed."
This book has a lot of fight scenes of dogs or wolves, so descriptions of this book was little violent for me. On the other hand, from another point of view, these descriptions have reality and were little interestiong for me.

5.In this book, a main character is a dog and the dog's name is Buck. Buck was sold by people and used as sledge dog in snowy place. Buck grew up and learned a lot of thing through living people and dogs at there, but Buck recovered animal instinct and went back forests.

[Masahito Ueto · Rating 3 out of 5]

1 Oxford level3
2 6/19 30min, 6/20 30min, 6/22 30min
3 gardener, sledge, hard, whip ,battle, love, help
4 I like the passage ” Buck licked his hand.” bacause Buck worked very hard with being hit with a whip as a sledge dog, but this was first time that Buck felt love.
5 Buying and selling animals is ordinary, but it is as a pet. Actually, people, especially children, are bought and sold. They can't choose the people who buy them. This is one of problems. I hope that this problem resolve and all lives are loved and become happy.

[Kyohei · Rating 3 out of 5]

1. OXFORD Level.3
2. 90 min 12/11/2013
3. 1. Dog 2. Club 3. Snow 4. Cold 5. Wolf 6. Violence 7. Happy
4. Q; Have you ever seen a wolf?
A; I have never seen him. I don’t want to see him because he’ll kill people.
5. This book is good for me but sometimes content is not good. A lot of dogs are injured by violence. At last, the dog was happy to see his host. I like this book. I was moved by this book.

[Daniela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es muy bonito, me gusta que muestren la vida de alguno perritos, los cuales son explotados, pero al final tiene un final feliz, es emotivo, un poco triste y eso me gusto mucho, de verdad lo recomiendo mucho. pero al final es mi opinión

Espero que esta reseña te impulse a leer este hermoso libro
<3

[Kat Colorado · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another book I want to testread for my English students.

A bit more difficult and probably not suitable for everbody, but very good for animal lovers and kids who like to read about nature and adventures.

[LLLOP at Capilano U]

Gr.3, Gr.4

[Ivana]

ok

[Francisco González · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is a nice book

[Fernanda]

my test is tomorrow
I really want to read the original version

[Alexandra · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't know? Seemed kind of pointless??

[Christopher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wanted to reread this classic we read in early school days. I was struck by the simplicity of the writing style and wonder how it is considered a classic.