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. The following version of the book was used to create this study guide: George, Jean Craighead.
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