I loved how Craighead George explored change. Her quest in this book is to get her father to realize that the Eskimo (Inuit) and the villagers can co-exist.

Her dad has been raising musk oxen and wolves are a major threat to his livelihood, so he sees them through a different lens than Miyax. She has learned to love her stepmom and forgive her dad, although she doesn’t fully understand what drove her dad to kill Amaroq, one of her beloved wolves. Miyax is now 15 and living with her father and his white wife in Kangik village. “Similar to Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Julie of the Wolves is a story about survival.We are cruising along the Inside Passage on our way to Alaska and I’ve just finished the 1994 sequel to the 1973 Julie of the Wolves, simply titled ‘Julie.’ It is refreshing to see the Arctic well portrayed through a woman’s eyes.” - New York Times “ novel is packed with expert wolf lore, its narrative beautifully conveying the sweeping vastness of tundra as well as many other aspects of the Arctic, ancient and modern, animal and human. “It is a book anyone who loves the outdoors will find hard to forget.” - Boston Globe “The whole book has a rare, intense reality which the artist enhances beautifully with animated drawings.” - The Horn Book “The evocatively written, empathetic story effectively evokes the nature of wolves and dramatizes how the traditional Eskimo way of life is giving way before the relentless onslaught of civilization.” - ALA Booklist ★ “ patient, intelligent courting of the animals and her resourcefulness in keeping herself alive are meticulously observed.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ★ “Jean George has captured the subtle nuances of Eskimo life, animal habits, the pain of growing up, and combines these elements into a thrilling adventure which is, at the same time, a poignant love story.” - School Library Journal (starred review) Is she the Miyax of her human village-or Julie of the wolves?ĭon't miss any of the books in Jean Craighead George's groundbreaking series: Julie of the Wolves, Julie, and Julie's Wolf Pack. Life in the wilderness is a struggle, but when she finds her way back to civilization, Miyax is torn between her old and new lives.

Miyax tries to survive by copying the ways of a pack of wolves and soon grows to love her new wolf family. When her life in the village becomes dangerous, Miyax runs away, only to find herself lost in the Alaskan wilderness. To her small village, she is known as Miyax to her friend in San Francisco, she is Julie. The survival theme makes it a good pick for readers of wilderness adventures such as My Side of the Mountain, Hatchet, or Island of the Blue Dolphins.

Julie of the Wolves is a staple in the canon of children’s literature and the first in the Julie trilogy. The thrilling Newbery Medal–winning classic about a girl lost on the Alaskan tundra and how she survives with the help of a wolf pack.

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