This book was a surprising pleasure. I expected it to be boring. After all, a girl alone in the wilderness? However, Julie of the Wolves was anything but. Julie, or Miyax as she's called in Eskimo, leaves her life as a child bride in order to live in San Francisco with her pen pal's family. Along the way she is adopted by a pack of wolves and learns their ways. Triumphs and tragedy happen and she must make a choice about what kind of life she wants to live. I found it very touching. I wonder if today's generation realizes that there are people who actually still live with their old traditions and cultures? I hope educators recommend this book to their classes and librarians to young patrons. It may not be a "fun" or "fast-paced" book, but it is engaging and enjoyable.
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