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Julie of the Wolves (rpkg) (Julie Series) Rezensionen: Miyax, like many adolescents, is torn. But unlike most, her choices may determine whether she lives or dies. At 13, an orphan, and unhappily married, Miyax runs away from her husband's parents' home, hoping to reach San Francisco and her pen pal. But she becomes lost in the vast Alaskan tundra, with no food, no shelter, and no idea which is the way to safety. Now, more than ever, she must look hard at who she really is. Is she Miyax, Eskimo girl of the old ways? Or is she Julie (her "gussak"-white people-name), the modernized teenager who must mock the traditional customs? And when a pack of wolves begins to accept her into their community, Miyax must learn to think like a wolf as well. If she trusts her Eskimo instincts, will she stand a chance of surviving? John Schoenherr's line drawings suggest rather than tell about the compelling experiences of a girl searching for answers in a bleak landscape that at first glance would seem to hold nothing. Fans of Jean Craighead George's stunning, Newberry Medal-winning coming-of-age story won't want to miss Julie (1994) and Julie's Wolf Pack (1998). (Ages 10 and older) --Emilie Coulter
Wolves and Choices When Julie ran away onto the Alaskan tundra, she never knew it would be so far and so hard to get to San Francisco where her pen pal Amy lives. When Julie, tierd and out of food, sees a pack of wolves she asks them if she can join the pack. A tale of a girl who lives with the wolves turns into a tale of change and choices, when Julie must decide whether to choose her father and his new American wife, or the wolves.
ICS BOOK REVIEW Julie of the Wolves was an ok book.I would read it again if ihad to.It was very different and i like books that are different.Iwould encourage u to read this book.
Julie of the Wolves Julie, an Inuit Eskimo from Alaska, is born with the name Miyax. Because her mother dies when Miyax is barely four years old, Miyax's father, Kapugen, brings her up in the traditional Eskimo ways and teaches her a life of co-existence with the natural world. When Miyax is nine years old, her Aunt takes her away from her father because Julie is suppose to go to school. There she is around Americanized Eskimos, who call her Julie, and she starts to believe that she has lived a strange life with her father in the Alaskan wilderness. At thirteen, Julie finds herself in a bad situation and attempts to run away to San Francisco where her pen pal lives. Even though Julie is running away from her Eskimo upbringing, she winds up depending on the ways of her people. Out in the wilderness, she learns a lot about who she is. This book is about discovery and acceptance as Julie defines herself through her own culture and becomes Miyax again. Jean Craighead George interprets a particular culture, Inuit Eskimo, and defines it throughout the story. Julie, as a young girl, learns the importance of her culture and the process of identifying herself within it. However, Julie, as an adolescent, rebels against her culture because it has become out-of-date and is considered old fashion to live as the traditional Eskimo's once did. Julie learns from the American Eskimo kids about the modern world and about a life that is much different than what she is used to. Julie also has a pen pal who lives in San Francisco who has been sending Julie pictures of her home and telling her about strange and beautiful things that Julie wants to see. She begins to believe that the way she was brought up was, indeed, very strange and therefore not the way that she wants to live anymore. However, on her quest to live in San Francisco, Julie finds herself lost and she has nothing but herself and the wilderness to keep her alive. Drawing on her Inupiat Eskimo upbringing and believing in the Eskimo ways of intelligence, fearlessness, and love, Julie learns to see her people's ways as the way she wants to live. Julie becomes Miyax again, and talks to the wolves, as her father taught her, and gains their trust so that they help her to survive. Julie realizes that she doesn't want to live in San Francisco with all their modern ways and searches to find a traditional Eskimo settlement. Miyax discovers that her father is alive and that he was the man in the helicopter who killed Amaroq, the dominant wolf, for sport. At first when Miyax came across the Eskimo settlement, that her father is living at, she is excited to go back to her heritage. However, she discovers that he is living with a Gussak, an American Eskimo, and that he is no longer living the life of a traditional Eskimo but has become Americanized, and she learns the truth about the man who killed Amaroq. Miyax feels betrayed and leaves her father's home, only to realize that she has no other choice but to live as the people of the Eskimo Settlement do. I believe that Jean Craighead George does a fantastic job of portraying a young girl who is trying to find herself and in doing so, Julie explores her culture and is able to define herself within it. Julie figures out what she really wants and why because of this. In the beginning of the book, Julie is running away from her upbringing and running toward a modern new world. Julie chooses, in the end, to embrace her traditional upbringing and finds peace within herself and an acceptance of herself that she so needs. An acceptance that is so strong that even the thought of living in a village that desecrates many of the thinks Inuit Eskimos believe in, she is still strong enough to know who she is inside and decides to live with her father. Living as an Americanized Eskimo cannot brake down her beliefs or take away her true heritage, which she has gained strength from and a sense of herself.
Craighead and Nature Unhappy with her arranged marriage, Julie runs away to go live with a friend in San Fransico. During her journey through the Alaskan wilderness, she realizes how important nature is and how civilization is destroying it. Jean Craighead George gives insight into the Inuit culture and the importance of nature to this culture. She writes in favor of reserving culture and nature as if everyone is out to destroy it. It is true that cultures are less important to some; however some spend all their time and energy to preserve their cultures just as Julie (Miyax) does in the novel. George expands on the theory of "survival of the fittest." The question is who will survive: nature or society? In the novel, civilization is destroying nature for human survival. The hunters must kill for food and money; this is their way of survivng. In the Inuit culture George writes about, Julie survives by hunting and killing her own food. Julie contradicts herself because in the novel that is exactly what the "civilized" are doing. The only difference is that the "civilized" people don't choose and pick which animals they will kill and which they will allow to live. In the article, "The Ignoble Savage: American Images in the Mainstream Mind" Moore and MacCain state that "the prtagonist is in search of a way to escape from an Inuit culture that she feels is palpably threating to her"(28). This could be similar to the arranged marriage Julie had to particpate in. This is part of the Inuit culture, and therefor George should consider preserving it as part of the culture in the novel. Julie of the Wolves is a well written novel. Even as a "grown up" I truly enjoyed reading it. It is a moving story that will touch the heart of anyone.
George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves. Illus.John Schoenherr. New York: Harper Trophy Publishers, 1972.
Moore, Opal and Donnarae MacCain. "The Ignoble Savage: Amerind Images in the Mainstream Mind." Children's Literature Association Quarterly 13.1 (1988): 26-30.
Jean Craighead George is as good as J. K. Rowling! I think that this book-and all of the books by Mrs. George-are fanstastic. There is good detail, a great story line, and wonderful characters. I have read all of the Julie books. I have read a lot of Jean George's books and I love them!
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