Julie of the Wolves

The book “Julie of the Wolves,” by Jean Craighead George, she has also written “Julie,” and “Julies Wolf Pack,” which are the three books that make up The Julie Trilogy. I think the theme of this book is Man V.S. Nature (by man I mean Julie) because a lot of times in the book Julie has to find clever ways to survive and get by without dying of starvation or other predators.

               

“Julie of the Wolves,” by Jean Craighead George, is about a girl named Julie who ran away due to the fact that she was married off to a man forcefully because of her Eskimo traditions, Julies destination is to go to San Francisco because her pen pal lived there and invited her to come live with them. But while running away she finds herself in the frozen tundra’s of Alaska, so she had to rely on her Eskimo ways in order to stay alive, but soon she started to run out of food, but thankfully she was accepted among a pack of wolves she had been studying for a while and started learning there ways and how they lived. Among the pack of wolves was Amaroq, Kapu, Jello, Silver, Nails, and the 3 pups (Zing, Zat, and Zit). Later, while on her journey she finds out that her father, who is an old traditional Eskimo, was still alive. But when she meets him, it turns out that he had become one of the regular civilians and practically gave up on the Eskimo’s traditions.

               

I recommend that other readers should read this book because the book talks a lot about nature and gives good detail and background information on the Eskimo traditions and there ways. There is a lot of exciting and sometimes sad parts in the book that will make you want to read on more. Also, I think other people should read this book because day to day survival and how she studies and slowly learns the ways of the wolves and becomes part of their pack, and because in many parts of the book there is a lot of intense and riveting parts, like when Amaroq who is leader of the wolf pack sadly gets shot and killed by poachers while making their journey across the tundra! So I think readers should definitely read this book.

Book Review by Alejandro M.