Julie of the Wolves

Description:

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?

subjects: Juvenile fiction,  Eskimos,  Wolves,  Newbery Medal,  Survival skills,  Fiction,  Translations into Spanish,  Lobos,  Children's stories, English,  Ficción juvenil,  Wilderness survival,  Survival,  Spanish language materials,  Novela juvenil,  Esquimales,  Supervivencia fuera de la civilización,  Supervivencia,  Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks,  Survival in literature,  Inuit,  Juvenile literature,  Eskimo children,  Runaway children,  Reading comprehension,  English language,  Readers (Secondary),  Textbooks for foreign speakers,  Teenage girls,  Loup,  Newbery Award Winner,  Habiletés de survie,  Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse,  Accelerated Reader,  Inuits,  Newbery Medal books,  Eskimos, fiction,  Children's fiction,  Wolves, fiction,  Indians of north america, fiction,  Survival, fiction,  Large type books,  Roman pour la jeunesse,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction,  award:Newbery_award,  lexile:700,  lexile_range:701-800,  age:min:8,  age:max:12,  grade:min:3,  grade:max:7

Places: Alaska