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1) White Fang
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London (1876–1916) — and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolf dog. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The story takes place in Yukon Territory, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush and details White Fang's journey to domestication. It is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, The Call of the Wild, which is about a...
2) Kidnapped
Author
Language
English
Description
Kidnapped was published in 1886 amid one of the most productive periods of Robert Louis Stevenson's career. Although it was immediately met with popular success and critical acclaim, the novel was derided for decades as a story for children before being recognized as a major work of English literature.
Set in the aftermath of the Jacobite uprising of 1745, and full of a rich blend of English and Scots, Kidnapped is a powerful work with strong Scottish...