Julie Of The Wolves By Jean Craighead George

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Lost on the Tundra.

To her small Eskimo village, she is known as Miyax; to her friend in San Francisco, she is Julie.  When the village is no longer safe for her, Miyax runs away.  But she soon finds herself lost in the Alaskan  wilderness, without food, without even a compass to guide her.

    Slowly she is accepted by a pack of Arctic wolves, and she grows to love them as though they were family. With their help, and drawing on her father's teachings, Miyax struggles day by day to survive.  But the time comes when she must leave the wilderness and choose between the old ways and the new.  Which will she choose?  For she is Miyax of the Eskimos-- but Julie of the Wolves.

Winner of the 1973 Newbery Medal

"Jean George has captured the subtle nunces 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." (Starred review)

-School Library Journal