Character List

Molly and Alice Miller The Judge’s daughters, whom Buck protects when they go on long walks. Manuel A Mexican; one of the Judge’s gardener’s helpers. Because of his mounting gambling debts, Manuel steals Buck and sells him to a ring of dognappers. The Man in the Red Sweater An unnamed […]

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Book Summary

Tragically, for Buck, one of the Judge’s servants (an addictive gambler) steals Buck and sells him to a ring of thieves who are making a great deal of money by buying and selling dogs to northern traders. Buck’s spirit, however, does not adapt as easily as do some of the […]

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