ALMA Classics New Book Information

Children’s list by Illustrated by Ian Beck

SELLING POINTS:

• New edition of one of the greatest children’s classics of American literature

• Features stunning illustrations

• Follows the success of , also published in the Alma Junior Classics series and with illustrations by Ian Beck

• Includes extra material for young readers

DESCRIPTION:

SERIES: Alma Junior Classics When the pampered Buck is kidnapped from his beloved home in the Santa Clara Valley 24th September 2020 • £6.99 and forced to work as a sled-dog in the frozen wilderness of the Yukon, he must forget 978-1-84749-844-1 the long, lazy days of sleeping in the sunshine and face a life of constant toil and danger, 128 pp • PB where survival itself must be fought for. But with his primal instincts reawakened, how long Subject: YFA can Buck resist the call of the wild? Age Range: 9–12 Rights: World English Set at the time of the Klondike gold rush, The Call of the Wild is one of the great evocations of the natural world, and perhaps the best example of London’s famously urgent and vivid style. This edition also includes ‘Bâtard’, ‘Brown Wolf’, ‘That Spot’ and ‘To Build a Fire’ – four similarly themed tales that demonstrate London’s mastery of the short-story genre.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jack London (1876–1916) was a journalist, as well as a prolific and best-selling novelist, best known for his novels The Call of the Wild and White Fang.

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