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A review by samwescott
Julie's Wolf Pack by Jean Craighead George
3.0
Man, I so wish I would have known this book existed when I was a kid. I would have LOVED it. This was my favorite kind of book and kind of hard to fine - one where the story is told from the animals' POV, but they carefully ride the line between natural behavior and anthropomorphism.
As an adult, it was weird little book, but I like how we got to sum up the story of Julie and her wolves. I think just a story about Julie growing up and making college plans would have been a little boring. Getting to see her happy ending this way was really satisfying.
The rabies plot line was also pretty interesting. And the shifting members of the pack, with all their different names and positions. I'm pretty sure this Alpha/Beta/Omega wolf pack theory has been pretty well debunked, so it's not a very accurate picture of wolf behavior, but it was still a fun read.
As an adult, it was weird little book, but I like how we got to sum up the story of Julie and her wolves. I think just a story about Julie growing up and making college plans would have been a little boring. Getting to see her happy ending this way was really satisfying.
The rabies plot line was also pretty interesting. And the shifting members of the pack, with all their different names and positions. I'm pretty sure this Alpha/Beta/Omega wolf pack theory has been pretty well debunked, so it's not a very accurate picture of wolf behavior, but it was still a fun read.