| Booktalk
#1
Fifteen year old Eskimo girl
has a penpal in San Francisco. Married and hating it, she decided to venture
off from Alaska to San Francisco in search of a better life. "Julie of
the Wolves" is the story of Miyak (Julie) struggling to survive in the
tundra where lichen and lemmings are a food treat. We think along side
Julie as she learns old ways and Eskimo ways to get through cold arctic
trek as part of the wolf family she has adopted.
Booktalk #2
"Julie is gone.....I am Miyax
now." Miyax. That was her real name. No longer would she answer to Julie,
her English name. Miyax, a young Eskimo girl, married at the age of 13
to escape an unhappy life with her aunt. No longer would she have to continue
abandoning much of her traditional way of living to learn an Americanized
lifestyle as some Eskimos were living. Run! She had to runaway. Only this
time it would be away from her husband, a dull boy whom she found to be
terrible and mentally slow. Taking a few basic necessities that she would
need, along with the clothes and coat on her back, Miyax secretly left
and ventured into the Alaskan wilderness alone. Alone.....and lost in the
wilderness, Miyax becomes accepted by a pack of wolves and uses her training
skills learned from her father that help her to survive.
Imagine for a moment what would happen if you were lost in the Alaskan
wilderness. Would you be mentally or physically prepared and have the skills
to build your own shelter, hunt for your own food, and battle the freezing
weather ? What about befriending a pack of wild wolves? Do you think you
have what it takes to survive? Read Julie of the Wolves and learn how Miyax
overcame her fears and daily struggles to survive in the wilderness. It
is a story of survival and friendship between a girl and a wolfpack that
she had grown to love. (Angela Alberty, angiealberty@juno.com,
University of South Carolina LIS Intern; Columbia, SC)
Booktalk #3
A pretty Eskimo girl, Miyax,
decides to run away from her husband, Daniel. She eats all the food she
had packed and finds herself lost and hungry without a compass, food, or
water on the North Alaskan Slope. She’s on her way to San Francisco to
meet her pen pal, Amy. Amy calls Miyax by her real name, which is Julie.
On her way to San Francisco. Miyax notices a pack of wolves by her homemade
hut. She tries to get their attention to somehow ask them for food in wolf
language. In order to survive, Miyax must stick to the Eskimo’s old ways,
intelligence, fearlessness, and love. (Cassie Kramer, Student, Meeker
Elementary) |
