Julie of the Wolves

Name: Julie of the Wolves
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Author: Jean Craighead George
ISBN: 9781490672922

Author: Jean Craighead George

Series: Julie of the Wolves #1

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 4 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/02/2015

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Animal Stories

Synopsis

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.

Julie of the Wolves is a staple in the canon of children’s literature and the first in the Julie trilogy. 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.

To her small 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 the Miyax of her human village—or Julie of the wolves?

Don't miss any of the books in Jean Craighead George's groundbreaking series: Julie of the Wolves, Julie, and Julie's Wolf Pack.

ALSC Notable Recording
National Book Award Finalist (Young People’s Literature)
A Newbery Medal Winner

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marie on August 19, 2012

Amaroq! Kapu! My heart!!......more

Goodreads review by Jacqueline on December 13, 2007

at first I thought Julie's observations of wolf behavior to be overly simplistic. It's not just a matter of adopting their vocal cues to one another that will allow you to approach a wild wolf and gain its trust and friendship. however, after a while I attempted some of the wolf behaviors on my 2 dog......more

Goodreads review by Calista on April 30, 2019

A reminder of what the world was like to live in Nature and with nature. It took me a while to read this and it had little to do with the story and mostly to do with time. I'm so glad I finally read this story. I find this story to be quite powerful and the message of living in balance with nature is......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on December 03, 2007

This book won the Newbery award in 1973. It is really excellent and quite an amazing story! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Because my husband LOVES Alaska so much, he also read it. Well, I love Alaska too!! We would go back there in 2 split seconds if our children weren't here instead of there. ALSO this......more

Goodreads review by Lesle on March 10, 2018

The author spent a summer watching and studying the behaviors of a wolf pack in Denali. She had seen a young woman walking the tundra alone. The story is inspired. Julie of the Wolves is a story about Miyak's journey from leaving a frightening situation behind at a very young age, to find her way, to......more