The Call of the Wild (Annotated): A StrongReader Builder(TM) Classic for Dyslexic and Struggling Readers

by Jack London

Overview

This original version of The Call of the Wild is published in Noah Text(R), a proprietary evidenced-based method of presenting text. Noah Text(R) highlights critical word patterns to help struggling readers, striving readers, those with dyslexia, and English language-learners read with increased fluency, accuracy, and stamina. The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel about a half-St. Bernard, half-Shepherd dog named Buck, who is kidnapped from his comfortable home in California and sold to become a sled dog in Alaska during the days of the Gold Rush. While Buck adapts to his new harsh life, he discovers his ancient roots and summons boundless strength. This gripping story, which has been produced in several film versions starring actors ranging from Clark Gable to Harrison Ford, has remained enormously popular since its original publication more than a century ago. (Note to Educators: This unique print presentation enables students to see critical word patterns that make the text more accessible and help them improve their reading skills. Thus, this book can be used as a stand-alone or in conjunction with audio support for multisensory, immersive learning.)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781956944167
Publisher:	Noah Text LLC
Publication date:	08/20/2023
Series:	Strongreader Builder(tm)
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	1080L (what's this?)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

John (Jack) London was born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco in 1876. London was the last name of his stepfather, whom his mother married later that year. A journalist, novelist and social activist, London was one of the first American authors to become wealthy from writing and was an international celebrity. His most famous works were The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both of which were set in the Klondike during the Gold Rush. London had traveled to the Klondike at the age of 21. He had a difficult time there, and like many others of his fellow travelers, he was under-nourished and became ill with scurvy. London began his writing career at a time when popular magazines were experiencing a boom due in part to the development of new printing technologies that lowered production costs. The rapid growth of the magazine industry increased the demand for short fiction. In 1900, London made about $2,500 from writing, the equivalent of more than $75,000 today. He sold The Call of the Wild to The Saturday Evening Post for $750 in 1903, and the book publisher Macmillan brought the story to market in book form. The publisher promoted it heavily and it became a major success. London was part of a radical literary group in San Francisco called "The Crowd." He was intensely pro-union and a strong advocate for socialism and workers' rights, topics that found their way into his books. London died at the age of 40 at the 1,000-acre ranch he had bought in Sonoma County, CA, 11 years earlier. He loved the ranch, about which he once wrote, "Next to my wife, the ranch is the dearest thing in the world to me." It is likely that the scurvy and other illnesses he had contracted on his various travels around the world contributed to his early demise.