Julie's Wolf Pack
First edition
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| Author | Jean Craighead George |
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| Illustrator | Wendell Minor |
| Country | United States |
| Series | Julie of the Wolves |
| Genre | Children's novel, survival fiction |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
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Publication date
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1997 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 191 pp |
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| OCLC | 36245584 |
| LC Class | PZ7.G2933 Ju 1997 |
| Preceded by | Julie |
Julie's Wolf Pack is a 1997 novel written by Jean Craighead George. It is the second sequel to the Newbery Medal winner Julie of the Wolves after Julie, and the last in the Julie of the Wolves trilogy. It is the only book in the series whose story is told from the viewpoint of the wolves themselves, rather than from Julie's point of view.
One day, while looking for wolves from an airplane on the North Slope of Alaska, the idea for a third book in the Julie of the Wolves series occurred to Jean.
The story is focused more on the wolves. Each part deals with Kapu the black wolf leading his pack, and then his daughter Sweet Fur Amy taking over with her mate Storm Call. The book is divided into three parts.
Kapu, the Alpha With the caribou now returned to Kangik, Kapu and his pack—known as the Avaliks—plan to hunt and regain their strength. Kapu, son of Amaroq, has been alpha since his father′s death in the first book, and has managed to hold his status since. When the story starts, the pack consists of himself, his mate Aaka, his brother and beta Zing, his and Aaka′s daughter Sweet Fur Amy (referred to as Amy in the previous book), Kapu and Zing′s mother Silver, and her mate Raw Bones, the former alpha of the Colville River. Raw Bones continuously tries to usurp Kapu′s position as alpha male, but Kapu beats him back every time, occasionally with the help of Zing, Aaka, and more recently, Sweet Fur Amy.
Kapu plans to have the pack hunt caribou throughout the year, so that they will regain their strength. In spite of Kapu's insistence that the pack will not have pups during this time, Silver is impregnated by Raw Bones. Kapu knows Raw Bones did it as an act of defiance, but nonetheless helps his mother and the rest of the pack prepare for the birth. Sweet Fur Amy plans to become the pups' babysitter once they′re born.
Silver gives birth to a litter consisting of two pups, a male and a female. But since Silver had not eaten enough meat while pregnant, she was not able to produce enough milk, and the two pups, named No Growl and Tiny Whimper, become weak. The wolf pack fear that the pups will more than likely not be able to survive the harsh Arctic wilderness. They assume the worse for them.
But then Julie arrives, hoping to see the pups, and convinces Kapu, Zing, and Silver to allow her to take them home with her so she and her family can nurse them. When they do, Julie assures them that she′ll return them to their pack when they are strong enough.
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