Books like The Call of the Wild

1. 

   Island of the Blue Dolphins

   Scott O'Dell · 1960

   Because shares tags: classics, survival, nature.

   Left alone on San Nicolas Island for eighteen years, Karana builds shelter, faces wild dogs, and finds company with Rontu.

2. 

   The Three Musketeers

   Alexandre Dumas · 1844 · The d'Artagnan Romances #1

   Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

   Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.

3. 

   The Horse and His Boy

   C. S. Lewis · 1954 · Chronicles of Narnia #5

   Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

   Shasta and Bree flee Calormen to Narnia with Aravis and Hwin.

4. 

   The Amber Spyglass

   Philip Pullman · 2000 · His Dark Materials #3

   Because shares tags: adventure, classics.

   Lyra and Will cross worlds with amber spyglass to free ghosts and kill Authority.

5. 

   Peter Pan

   J.M. Barrie · 1911

   Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

   Wendy, John and Michael fly to Neverland with Peter, face Hook, and learn what growing up costs.

6. 

   Howl's Moving Castle

   Diana Wynne Jones · 1986 · Howl's Castle #1

   Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

   Cursed old by the Witch of the Waste, hatmaker Sophie Hatter talks her way into wizard Howl's moving castle and bargains with fire demon…

7. 

   The Witches

   Roald Dahl · 1983

   Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

   A boy and his grandmother face the Grand High Witch's plan to turn England's children into mice.

8. 

   Hatchet

   Gary Paulsen · 1987 · Brian's Saga #1

   Because shares tags: survival, adventure.

   A plane crash leaves thirteen-year-old Brian alone in the Canadian wild with only a hatchet.

9. 

   Where the Red Fern Grows

   Wilson Rawls · 1961

   Because shares tags: dogs, adventure.

   Billy earns two hounds and hunts raccoons in the Ozarks with love and loss.

10. 

    Watership Down

    Richard Adams · 1972

    Because shares tags: adventure, survival.

    Hazel leads a small band of rabbits from a doomed warren to Watership Down, where survival means facing snares, farms and General Woundwort.

11. 

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    L. Frank Baum · 1900 · Oz #1

    Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

    Dorothy is carried to Oz by a cyclone and walks the yellow brick road with Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion.

12. 

    The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

    C. S. Lewis · 1952 · Chronicles of Narnia #3

    Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

    Lewis sends Lucy, Edmund and Eustace aboard Caspian's Dawn Treader to find seven lost lords, past dragon gold, dark dreams and the world's…

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