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• The Call of the Wild

  London, Jack, 1876-1916

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  This gripping adventure story of tame-dog-goes-wild follows the adventures of the loyal dog Buck, who is stolen from his comfortable family home and forced into the harsh life of an Alaskan sled dog. Passed from master to master, Buck embarks on an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red Dog

  An Australian Story

  De Bernières, Louis, 1954-

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  The amazingly charming, seriously funny, and very "true" story of Red Dog - a local resident of the rural Western Australian town of Karratha. He was a local legend and belonged to nobody and everybody simultaneously. He'd be seen riding public…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Marley & Me

  Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog

  Grogan, John, 1957-

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  A bit of non-fiction here with the hilarious and emotionally fraught story of the worst behaved dog in the world and the humans that love and have to deal with it! It's the life of a dog viewed through the lens of family life and the joys of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lily and the Octopus

  Rowley, Steven, 1971-

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  Heartwarming and seriously touching, this story is about a man as he comes to terms with the deteriorating condition of his dying companion - a 12 year old dachshund with a brain tumor. All the stages of grief are worked through and this is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Wolf

  a True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West

  Blakeslee, Nate, 1970-

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  And for some more amazing non-fiction, follow the committed souls who observe the wolf packs of Yellowstone National Park. Wolves have only recently been reintroduced to the wild in this region and careful monitoring has led to some quite simply…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Fang

  London, Jack, 1876-1916

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  And finally we have Jack London's other classic which is essentially the mirrored story of COTW, with this one being wild-dog goes-tame! White Fang is half-wolf and his journey takes us across country as he slowly comes to peace with humankind - he…Read moreRead more of this annotation