Julie and the Wolves

I recently learned about a new book report that my teacher assigned the requirement is that the book must be a Newbery Award winner. I was trying to decide between Jacob, Have I Loved and Julie and the Wolves. Eventually, I decided on Julie and the Wolves. I like to decide what books to read based on their backs. Typically, an author will write a short summary there and I'll decide if it sounds interesting.

I have just started Julie and the Wolves but I think I have a pretty good understanding (of course though, there will be more action than I even know) and I think I have a few good hypotheses. The book starts in the middle of the cold and barren arctic, where Julie is lost. Julie's name in her community was Miyax. Miyax was starving and she needed help from the wolves. The wolves know how to hunt and stay warm. The problem is that the wolves are refusing to even look at her. They look at literally everything but her. Whilwolf packe Miyax waits to be acknowledged she thinks about how easy this would be for her father: an arctic hunter. He had a story about befriending a wolf but he never told Miyax how he did it. Then she remembers why she is here in the first place. Why? That is for to find out!

I'm not positive but I have a few theories that are as follow:

• Julie befriends the wolves and is treated like family

• Julie still has to fend for herself in many near death experiences.

• It might have a similar story line to Hatchet (which I have also read).

• Julie reunites with her old community but doesn't want to say bye to the wolves

• Julie learns from the wolves.

Again, I don't know if these predictions are correct and I'll update this if any of my predictions turn out to be correct or completely off track. I recommend reading this book and seeing for yourself what occurs throughout the book. Happy fall and in my opinion you should read the book!

Edited on 11/4 6:59

Some of my predictions were correct... others weren't even on the right track. Don't read this edited section if you don't want spoilers. Lets begin.

My first prediction was "Julie befriends the wolves and is treated like family" This prediction was completely correct! Julie learns the wolves language and gains trust.

Next, "Julie still has to fend for herself in many near death experiences." Yes, Julie is always fighting against starvation! She definitely receives much help from Amaroq, the leader of the wolves.

"It might have a similar story line to Hatchet (which I have also read)." Not really, this book was about a girl finding where she belonged. The wolves? With her dad? Alone? The city? Seal camp? In Hatchet he is really alone.

Then I said, "Julie reunites with her old community but doesn't want to say bye to the wolves." No, this prediction was completely wrong... Julie has to decide where she wants to live.

"Julie learns from the wolves." Of course Julie learned from the wolves (if she hadn't of she would die within the first 100 pages).

So let me know if I answered any questions! Tell me by commenting below if I should do something like this blog post again. I have to admit I almost forgot until I logged on to do a Halloween blog! If you have any book recommendations feel free to share them to. Read the book!