Julie of the Wolves
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To her small Eskimo village, she is known as Miyax: to her penpal in San Francisco, she is Julie. After an incident, Miyax runs away, only to find herself lost in the Alaskan wilderness.
With food and time running out, Miyax tries to survive by copying the ways of a pack of wolves. Accepted by their leader and befriended by a feisty pup named Kapu, she soon grows to love her new wolf family. 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. Is she Miyax of the Eskimos, or Julie of the wolves?
- 201 pages
- Ages: 8-12
Description
Alone and lost—on the North Slope of Alaska.
Slowly she is accepted by a pack of Arctic wolves, and she comes to love them as though they were her brothers. With their help, and drawing on her father’s training, she struggles day by day to survive. In the process, she is forced to rethink her past, and to define for herself the traditional riches of Eskimo life: intelligence, fearlessness, and love.
The author’s deep knowledge of the habits of wolves and life in the arctic, makes this a fascinating and informative story.
Diane Pendergraft writes a good review about the controversy surrounding this story. The story, Julie of the Wolves, subtly introduces readers to animistic beliefs which is common globally in indigenous cultures, whose survival depended on the natural world around them. The story provides good talking points for parents and readers. For a Christian perspective, see World Religions – Animism.
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| Weight | 0.146 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.2 × 13.0 × 1.2 cm |
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