Catalog Search Results
1) White Fang
Author
Series
Formats
Description
Set during the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon Territory, London's 1906 story chronicles the story of a half-dog, half-wolf beast in the wild. As opposed to his famous Call of the Wild tale of a domestic dog reverting to the wild, White Fang depicts a wild animal eventually becoming domesticated. It is a gripping tale told from the wolf's point of view about the hard life in the frozen wilds of the north. The story concludes with White Fang returning...
Author
Description
Presents two classics by Jack London: "The Call of the Wild," in which a dog in the Klondike reverts to wilderness life and becomes the leader of a pack of wolves; and "White Fang," in which a wolf-dog trained to be a vicious fighter struggles to live in both the world of dogs and that of the "gods," or humans. Includes review questions.
5) Terminal
Author
Series
Virals novels volume 5
Description
"Tory and her comrades must track a new pack of rogue Virals who have brought on the attention of a shadowy government organization intent on learning the secret to their powers"--
6) Virals
Author
Series
Virals novels volume 1
Formats
Description
Tory Brennan is the leader of a band of teenage 'sci-philes' who live on an island off the coast of South Carolina and when the group rescues a dog caged for medical testing, they are exposed to an experimental strain of canine parvovirus that changes their lives forever.
Author
Series
Virals novels volume 3
Description
"The Virals must find a geocache concealing a bomb--and the clock is ticking."--
Author
Series
Virals volume 6
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"A collection of four short stories based on the Virals series that gives further glimpses of the Virals' world as they work with Tory's famous great aunt, Temperance Brennan, to solve more mysteries, take look at where it all started before they became Virals, and get to the bottom of an attempted sabotage at Kit and Whitney's wedding"--
Author
Formats
Description
First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild borught Jack London international acclaim and a readership that would span generations. Stolen from his comfortable California home, Buck -- a powerful half-St. Bernard, half-Scottish sheepdog -- is shipped to the Klondike and pressed into service as a sled dog. So begins an odyssey in which Buck suffers cruelty and neglect, learns the brutal skills of a survivor, finds a gentle master that he can respect...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Andrew Apperley convinces his brother David to join him on his Western ranch. Accompanying Andrew is a wild wolf dog named Comanche. As the brothers are sailing on the East River, a prisoner escapes from Blackwell's Island and is rescued by Comanche. When police come aboard the ship, the convict, Single Jack Deems, escapes again. When they arrive at the ranch, Andrew tells David that everything he owns is imperiled by Alex Shodress, a dangerous...
Author
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Stolen From Home and sold into a harsh life as a sled dog in northern Canada, Buck must quickly learn to survive. He soon takes his place as leader of the hardworking team, and his strength and courage become legendary among men. But the call of the wild is strong, awakening primal feelings of a life among wolves...
One of the greatest of all wildlife stories, The Call of the Wild will enthrall today's readers as it has since its first publication...
14) Jim Ugly
Author
Description
The adventures of twelve-year-old Jake and Jim Ugly, his father's part-mongrel, part-wolf dog, as they travel through the Old West trying to find out what really happened to Jake's actor father.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Part Wild" is a memoir of the beauty and tragedy that comes from living with a measure of wildness. This is a rare story about the alluring call of the wild, the danger and responsibility of heeding that call, and extraordinary animal love. Terrill is a gifted writer able to capture the beauty and power of the natural world, the complexity of scientific ideas, and the pulse of the human experience. 288 pp. 35,000 print.
Author
Pub. Date
c1985
Description
The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London. The plot concerns a previously domesticated and even somewhat pampered dog named Buck, whose primordial instincts return after a series of events finds him serving as a sled dog in the treacherous, frigid Yukon during the days of the 19th-century Klondike Gold Rushes in which sled dogs were bought at generous prices. Published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is one of London's most-read...
.png)