a book comes alive.

I never read this book in high school. Actually, no. That's a lie -- I did, but I never thought I would care to open it up. I don't believe I actually even pretended to like it.

Now that I'm actually reading it -- long before the kids had a chance, I was onto my second or third time through the novel -- I LOVE it. Highly recommended for it use of rich vocabulary, description of setting, etc.

When I read through the first time, just a week ago, I did not enjoy it thoroughly. It was hard to concentrate.

Until I hit Chapter 4 and the story of Dave.

I don't believe I've cried over a character in a novel recently. Just saying. Props to Jack London. You've still got it.