Julie of the Wolves

Julie of the Wolves is the Newbery Medal–winning survival novel by Jean Craighead George about a young Inuit girl, Miyax, who runs away from an arranged marriage and becomes lost on the Alaskan tundra. Alone and in danger, she survives by observing and learning from a wolf pack, using her knowledge of nature and traditional skills to find food, shelter, and safety. The story follows both her physical struggle to stay alive and her emotional struggle to reconcile her modern life with her cultural identity and the life she left behind. The novel is widely read in middle-grade and young adult classrooms for its themes of survival, adaptation, ecology, independence, and belonging. The HarperCollins edition associated with ISBN 9780064400589 is the paperback edition of the title, and bookstore listings identify it as a HarperCollins publication in English. The book is also commonly described as a classic of children’s literature and as a story centered on the relationship between humans and wolves, with a strong focus on the natural world and the protagonist’s resilience.