About our rating system
ON: Content is appropriate for kids this age.
PAUSE: Know your child, some content may not be right for some kids
OFF: Not age appropriate for kids this age

A safe community is important to us.
Please observe our guidelines.

All member reviews for The Call of the Wild

hiphoph
kid, 12 years old
 
Read it 5 times!!!!
Love this book!!!! Wich is sorta strange because I love animals. Really sad and at parts violent.

QueenoftheAnimals
kid, 13 years old
 
This book was wonderful, and I am shocked that common sense media would give it the rating of OFF for kids younger than ten. When I get older, I intend for this book to be one of the first books I read to my own children (when they are older, of course.). The end is beautifully constructed. With what I have seen in past reviews below, I am completely amazed that people would treat this book with such brutality. It is beautiful and perfect. Besides the violence that is seen (though they never really TELL you all the gory details), this book should be read by all kids.

teenager1997
teen, 14 years old
 
Hate this book
I HATE this book i read it last year and really didi not like it. It is boring and predictible. I like books to have substance and a plot! Seriously people write better books!!!

robertk
teen, 15 years old
 
Great Book
Loved it so much I read it in a day and since read it again. Great book.

96grlpowrCE
teen, 16 years old
 
If this is a classic, then so is the Chucky series.
That being said, the Chucky series was actually enjoyable and this was just a bunch of creepy trash. I had to read Call Of The Wild a few months ago for English (I'm in 8th grade). I consider myself a pretty tough girl-- I do martial arts, I'm a horror movie fan. Yet this book made me want to throw up: I literally felt queasy reading it. This book doesn't carry any positive message, it instead glorifies the bloodshed and brutality of the wild. A dog dies in almost every chapter, the owners are abusive (except for John Thornton, who becomes a friend of the dogs, but of course he dies towards the end of the book). If you don't have to read this in school, consider yourself lucky. It's a disturbing book that should be avoided-- ESPECIALLY if you love animals, like me.

Soccercrazyteen
teen, 16 years old
 
Mean and Nasty
The dogs in this book are treated horribly and killed in this book. Not to mention people are murdered by Indians.

Hiya55karate9
kid, 10 years old
 
Best Book Ever!
This is a great book. I cannot believe Common Sense Media is actually that strict. I read the adapted and condensed version by Dalmatian Press. It was wonderful! It is sad, but the ending is great! I recommend this to all ages as long as they are mature enough to handle the violence in this book. There isn't that much violence, but it could be scary for young readers.

MikaylaaMadisonn
teen, 16 years old
 
I love this book. One of my favorites. Really sad, though.

DarPar
parent of 12 year old
 
Not for younger readers.
I think that this book would be a good read for children over the age of 13. However, I find the violence to be inappropriate for younger children...

crosscountry1357
teen, 13 years old
 
Great but sad novel
I surprisingly loved The Call of the Wild. Prior to reading the book, I knew it was a classic, but I wasn't sure if it would be an interesting read or not. Some of the scenes are a little violent for kids under twelve, and often dogs are getting beat up by their owners. Dogs kill each other, and are often neglected. Buck is a very strong dog, and his character and personality I think changes as the novel goes on.

jamae
teen, 15 years old
 
jamae's review
it has a moral lesson . that even though we are apart of our own family we still find a way to be with them again .

willow2207
teen, 14 years old
 
Good, but violent book
I think that Call of the Wild is an okay book. It is really violent with a bunch of deaths, but I also think that Buck was a good role model when he was with John Thornton. He showed a lot of loyalty. He was nice and fair in the beginning, but the dogs changed him. He learned from humans and other dogs, and at the end figured out the choice that was right for him.

Charizard632
teen, 16 years old
 
Read up to Chapter 3 in this book.
I am reading this book for English Class, and I read up to chapter 3. Here's my analysis. There is lots of violence in it. There was lots of blood and killing in the book. I noticed the d-word and the h-word in this book too. I think this book has lots of violence and should be avoided by 10-year olds and younger.

 
Terrible
It's Terrible. Period.

mayaderen
parent
 
Makes Abusing Animals Seem Normal
Terrible story about animal abuse and killing that I will never condone, no matter how much people try to pass it off as "classic". In what way is this good? It's disgusting.