White Fang By: Jack London

White Fang, by Jack London, is a book my mother actually found at a garage sale many years ago. She thought maybe I would like to read it, and at first - I hated it. I was intrigued by the wolf on the front because I love animals, but the beginning of the book is a slow read for a twelve-year-old. So I dropped the book and shoved it away where I would never see it again any time soon. Then, last year, I came across the book again and gave it another shot.
Once again, the beginning of the book was hard to get through, but this time I refused to not finish the book. Once I had gotten past some of the historical information, the book got better as the dog sled leaders slowly went through the hard terrain. Many hardships faced the men and their dogs, including: a hungry wolf pack, death, hunger, and freezing temperatures. I will not give away what exactly happened, but I will let you know that one of the dogs from the team escaped into the wilderness and mated with a wolf. Thus began the story of White Fang.
White Fang was just a pup when his hard life began. He ended up with different owners that varied from kind-and-loving to cruel-and-unloving. White Fang ended up with an owner who turned him into a vicious killer - a pit dog forced to fight for money. Yet White Fang's true spirit could not be crushed so easily, and he tried his hard to learn kindness again with his latest owner. This owner tried to gain his trust and befriend him, even suffered bites and vicious growls without a flinch. Now the only question is this: Will White Fang learn kindness again, or will he die a fierce killer?
White Fang may not have been a book I would have originally recommended someone else read, but now that I have re-read it many times and been thrown into White Fang's life again and again. Now I believe that this book not only has a great message for readers, but it also has the story of friendship and loss that readers can connect to. The plot is very well thought through, the characters have deep thought put into them - tiny details that I didn't know could be placed into such a short read - and the story leaves mixed emotions along with a greater understanding that I am glad to have learned from this story. I would love to have others read this book, for once you truly give it a chance, you will not be disappointed.