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Student review: Julie’s Wolf Pack

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

 julieswolfpackJulie’s Wolf pack is by Jean Craighead George and illustrated by Wendell Minor.

It’s about a young Eskimo female’s wolf pack. Julie was adopted by this pack when she ran away from the male Eskimo she was made to marry in the last book, Julie of the Wolves and this book chronicles the wolves’ story for the next five years.

It happens out on the Alaskan tundra, and is a real place, but it is a work of fiction.

The wolf pack goes through the tests of the wild, including the threat of the humans in the nearby Eskimo village, a rogue wolf in the pack who wants to be the Alfa male, and a rabies infected wolf in the territory.

This story’s purpose was to get you lost in the adventure, and I believed they achieved it. I “tensed and listened” to this glorious story.  My favorite character was Kapu who managed to resolve all his problems. That is why he is looked to as the Alfa male of the pack.

GENRE: Adventure

Vivila Lih attends Legacy Christian Academy as a 4th grade student in Mrs. Um class.

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