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Julie of the Wolves
Contributor(s): George, Jean Craighead (Author), Schoenherr, John (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0060540958     ISBN-13: 9780060540951
Publisher: HarperCollins
OUR PRICE:   $8.99  
Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats
Published: September 2003
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Annotation: Now in a new paperback edition--the Newbery Medal-winning classic that introduced a brave girl named Miyax and the wild pack of wolves that teaches her how to survive in the Alaskan wilderness.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 72076509
Lexile Measure: 860
Series: Julie of the Wolves
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 4.26" W x 6.74" (0.23 lbs) 201 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
- Geographic Orientation - Alaska
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
- Catalog Heading - Classics
- Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest
- Curriculum Strand - Language Arts
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 49
Reading Level: 5.8   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 6.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

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.


Contributor Bio(s): George, Jean Craighead: -

Jean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. She continued to write acclaimed picture books that celebrate the natural world. Her other books with Wendell Minor include The Wolves Are Back; Luck; Everglades; Arctic Son; Morning, Noon, and Night; and Galapagos George.