Hi! I am back, and talking about a new book this week. I am reading The Call of the Wild by Jack London. It is about a husky dog named Buck, who gets kidnapped and shipped to Alaska. He gets released and tries to run away, but a man catches him and beats him with a club many times. He passes out after a while, then wakes up in a tent. There are a few other husky dogs with him, and a man. The man lets the dogs all rest, then brings them outside. He attaches them to a harness, and to a sleigh. He teaches them to pull him on the sled. Buck quickly catches on.
Later, a group of wild, skinny, desperate husky dogs show up while the man (Francois), Buck, and his teammates are asleep. They scavenge for their food. Francois wakes up and hears them rustling around. He tries to chase them away, but they bite him and attack him. Outraged by this, Buck and his teammates leave the tent and go help Francois, after all that he did for them. They bite and jump and kick and attack until their enemies finally give up.
So far, I think that this book is pretty good. In the beginning, I didn't like it all that much, because I love animals, so I didn't like reading about him being kidnapped, starved, and I especially didn't like when he was being beaten. Although he survived, I wish that hadn't happened. If I were the author, I would make him not get beaten.
I liked it when Francois rescued him from the abusive people. He made friends with his teammates, so that was also a good/happy thing.
I like it when books are exciting, so even though the fight wasn't a good thing, I kind of enjoyed it. I like it when there are fights and/or tension in a book or movie, so that was an exciting part for me.
Overall, I think this was a pretty good book so far. I think this because it was exciting when there was the fight, and when Francois rescued him. I didn't give it an excellent rating because I didn't like the part when Buck was being kidnapped and beaten. If I had to rate this book on a scale from 1-10 (10 being high), I would probably give it a 7 1/2.
-Erin
*I commented on David Messina's Blog
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this book sounds really boring because its all about dogs and sledding and so is it about just doggies or is there actually something else that happens??????
ReplyDeleteHi Erin. This book sounds okay, but i have to ask, do the dogs talk to each other or are they like actual dogs who just sort of sit there and bark? Also, why is the word enemies highlighed? Also, I think the book would have been a lot less exciting if he hadn't gotten beaten. (Not that I am saying I like when animals get beaten.)
ReplyDeleteP.S. You haven't changed the fact of the day for a while.