When they kill a musk ox from Kapugen's herd, he tells Julie that he agrees with the law in place in Minnesota, Ellen's home state.
Meanwhile, Julie's wolves are under the leadership of a new male, Kapu, and they are struggling to survive. Julie and Ellen are snowed in at a shelter in the musk ox enclosure for several days and bond during that time. A young cow is in labor, and it is Ellen who knows what to do to help the cow deliver a healthy baby. Julie and Ellen are cautious with each other until the day Julie is left to care for the musk oxen, a small herd that provides necessary income for the villagers. Julie realizes that she loves her father, regardless of his actions, and grudgingly accepts the fact that Kapugen married a white woman named Ellen who arrived in Kangik as a teacher. She feels a debt of gratitude toward them, and she is torn the moment she realizes that her father, Kapugen, was flying the plane from which a hunter killed the leader of that beloved pack. She is now 14 years of age and has spent time alone on the tundra with only a wolf pack for company. She ran away from the town of Barrow where, at age 13, she was forced into an arranged marriage with a cruel man. Julie is struggling to accept changes occurring in the village due to an increase in technology and conveniences, along with the influx of whites who do all sorts of jobs in the region.Īs the novel opens, Julie arrives in Kangik, a small village of about 50 people. Julie Edwards, whose Eskimo name is Miyax Kapugen, has just arrived in the village of Kangik where her father, Kapugen, lives with his white wife, Ellen. HarperCollins Children's Books, New York, NY, 2020. Jean Craighead George presents the wolf’s life with such insight and detail, and narrator Christina Moore so skillfully evokes the book’s characters and moods, you will feel as if you, like Julie, have lived among these magnificent creatures.The following version of the book was used to create this study guide: George, Jean Craighead. This Newbery Award-winning series which began with Julie of the Wolves and continued with Julie is based on extensive research and firsthand observation. Changes come into Julie’s life too, as she makes plans to marry and become a naturalist.
Year in and year out, the pack adapts to the changes in their arctic tundra home. The wolves share a strong sense of community, including a deep love of pups, and an understanding of the ancient ways necessary to their survival.
Kapu is strong and wise, but if his pack is to survive, he must lead it through many dangers: near starvation, rabies, rival wolves, and worst of all, humans. The black alpha Kapu, whom Julie once nursed back to health, is a natural leader. The adventures of Julie’s wolves continue as a new wolf leader takes over the pack.
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