Jack London, Joe Dunn, Katherine Applegate, Malvina G. Vogel - White Fang: The Young Collector's Illustrated Classics/Ages 8-12

Pros: Classic American Tale, well written
Cons: Somewhat strange format, wolf as protagonist

White Fang by Jack London is wonderful quick read about a wolf-dog and his interaction with man and nature. Much of the action in this book takes place in the "Northland Wilds." On one level it is about the relationship between man and...

Pros: Lots of action, good writing
Cons: kind of the same plot as some of his other books

This is another of Jack London's classic northland animal tales. White Fang, mostly wolf but partly dog, is forced to combat the evils of man and the cruel harshness of nature while trying to reconcile the call of the wild and his need for man's love....

Pros: Excellently written!
Cons: Can't think of any!

'White Fang' is the story of a part wolf part dog, the sole survivor of a litter of five. In this book Jack London goes through the struggle and hardship animals go through in the wild for their survival. London describes every stage of the dog's growth....

Pros: The book is a very quick read, and told from the creature's perspective.
Cons: I would have been happier were it longer.

My 3rd grade son purchased this from a book fair at his school, for $1.50 - in paperback form.

Having some free time - finally - over the weekend, I picked it up and began to read it. Even though I should have known it would be a good book, I...

Pros: Lots of action.
Cons: Needed a different plot!

The book is great you get to grow up in a woods with animals and a wolf. The story tells of all kinds of things the wolf gets into when it encounters obstacles growing up.

The story reminds me of Bambi but...