Jean Craighead Georges Newbery Medalwinning classic about an Eskimo girl lost on the Alaskan tundra.
Julie of the Wolvesis a staple in the canon of childrens literature and the first in the Julie trilogy. The survival theme makes it a good pick for readers of other wilderness stories such asMy Side of the Mountain,Hatchet, orIsland of the Blue Dolphins.
To her small Eskimo village, she is known as Miyax; to her friend in San Francisco, she is Julie. When her life in the village becomes dangerous, Miyax runs away, only to find herself lost in the Alaskan wilderness.
Miyax tries to survive by copying the ways of a pack of wolves and 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 Eskimosor Julie of the wolves?
