Book Reviews of Julie of the Wolves

This is one of my all time favorite books. As a young teen, I must have read it 20 times. Great adventure in a foreign (to most people) land, and although not a happy ending, a wonderful book nonetheless.

This book is a great read in and out of the classroom. It helped me come up with a whole unit plan. I would recommend it to anyone.

Good, a little sad, teaches you how to know your friends from your enemies.

Jean George has captured the subtle nuances of Eskimo life, animal habits, the pain of growing up, and combines these elements into a thrilling adventure which is, at the same time, a poignant love story."
---School Library Journal

Winner of the Newberry Medal.
Interesting book. It is usually recommended for young adults, but I consider it an adult book because of some themes/content.

I love this story of survival and nature! Young woman heroine.

Newberry-winning book for 4th grade and older. A native girl runs away and gets lost in the ALaskan wilderness. A pack of Artic wolves accepts her and helps her.

I love this book. It will always be part of my favorites!

We've had this book for a long time. The pages are intact and the book is readable, but the book has some moderate signs of age.

Great Newbery Medal Winner.

Paraphrased from the back: Lost in the Alaskan wilderness, Miyax is slowly accepted by a pack of Arctic wolves. With their help, she struggles to survive. In the process, she is forced to rethink her past, and to define for herself the traditional riches of Eskimo life.

newberry medal book

Very good book.

Good young adult/teen book. Good reading material!

There are lots of good books out there for kids, but few great ones. I consider a book great, if it has a fascinating premise, an interesting plot, well-drawn characters, but also a strong protagonist with a difficult problem for my children to identify with. A book is outstanding if it can also give them a look into a different culture and way of life. Julie of the Wolves, in my opinion, is outstanding children's literature.

This is a wonderful tale that continues through several books. I have yet to offer this to a young person that they would not drink up each book.

Alone and lost - on the North Slope of Alaska.

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