Kathleen Karr (Children's Literature)
Surviving through an Arctic winter with no food and only wolves to communicate with is a hard act to follow. George gives it her best in this sequel to Julie of the Wolves. How will Julie come to terms with human beings again, particularly her father, who murdered her favorite wolf? How will she learn to integrate the old Eskimo ways with the new? Most of all, how will she save her wolf pack from extermination when it attacks the village's small herd of musk oxen? Her beloved wolves must live, but so must the villagers--and the musk oxen are critical to both. In choosing to deal with broader, almost metaphysical concerns between the animals and humans of the far north, George rekindles interest in Julie's return home. 1994, HarperCollins, $15.00, $14.89 and $4.50 paper. Ages 10 up.

Jan Lieberman (Children's Literature)
This is the sequel to Julie of the Wolves. Returning to her father's home, Julie meets his pregnant wife, a white-American, and believes he has forsaken their Eskimo values. As she interacts with her new family, her attitude changes. She learns the power of love and respect. In Part 2, Julie returns to her wolves to lead them to safer hunting grounds. Vivid descriptions of the pack and Julie's method of accustoming them to her presence are riveting. She also meets a young man from Siberia and experiences the first stirrings of love, an indication that there may be another book. The author's knowledge of the terrain, Eskimo traditions, and wolf behavior are woven into a colorful tapestry that envelops readers in its brilliance and warmth. 1994, Harper, $15.00, $14.89 and $4.50 paper. Ages 12 up.

Kirkus (Kirkus Reviews, 1994)
This sequel to 1973 Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves continues the story of Julie Edwards Miyax Kapugen, the girl who traveled across the tundra with her adoptive wolf pack. Miyax is now living in Kangik village with her father, Kapugen, and his gussak (white) wife, Ellen. Although initially uncomfortable with her new stepmother, Miyax comes to trust and -- after they spend several days together in a makeshift shelter during a raging snowstorm -- love her. Peter, a Siberian Eskimo who was adopted by a couple in Kangik, has made his intentions toward Miyax known, intentions that Miyax, nearly 15, finds very pleasant. She forgives her father for killing Amaroq, her wolf leader, and tries to understand the desperation that forced him to do it. The one shadow that looms over Miyax is the knowledge that Kapugen will not hesitate to shoot more of her beloved wolves if they again threaten the uminmaks, or musk oxen, that he is raising as part of the village's cooperative industry. Miyax goes again to the wolves to lead them away from the oxen and Kapugen. But they return, and their fate depends on whether Miyax can prove to her father what he once knew but seems to have forgotten: that Eskimos and animals must coexist as friends. Interesting Eskimo village lore, and more lupine detail, but the unifying theme here -- Miyax saving the wolves -- is not nearly as arresting as the original. 1994, HarperCollins, $15.00; PLB $14.89. © 1994 Kirkus Reviews/VNU eMedia, Inc. All rights reserved.

N. Robertson (Parent Council Volume 2)
This outstanding sequel to the 1973 Newbery Award winner, "Julie of the Wolves," continues as Julie returns to her father. She finds that he has given up many of the traditional Eskimo ways. Julie must make choices between the old ways and the new by following her heart. An excellent read-aloud when studying the Arctic. 1994, Harper Collins Children's Books, $15.00. Ages 10 to 12.

Anne Sherrill (The ALAN Review, Spring 1995 (Vol. 22, No. 3))
After her adventure on the Arctic tundra, Julie joins the household of her father, Kapugen, who has married a white woman and adopted many of the white man's values. Eskimo villages are now corporations, and one new business is harvesting musk oxen. To protect them, Kapugen and others kill wolves, who will attack the oxen if there are no caribou. Julie must find the wolf pack that befriended her on the tundra and lead them to a food source other than the oxen. Fans of the first book will relish the return of Julie to the wolf pack, this time to save their lives as they saved hers. The second book focuses on Julie and human relationships -- her respect and love for Kapugen and his wife and a romantic interest in a young Siberian. The book is rich in Eskimo words, customs, and village life. Can a sequel be as good as the original? You bet. 1994, HarperCollins, 226 pp., $15.00, $14.89 and $4.95. Ages 12 up.

Deborah Stevenson (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, October 1994 (Vol. 48, No. 2))
It's been a long wait for the sequel to Julie of the Wolves, but here it is. The story picks up just where the first book left off, with Julie returning to the home of her father, Kapugen, and his new non-Eskimo wife despite the knowledge that he had killed the wolf who saved Julie's life. Julie settles in to her father's North Slope home, gradually growing to understand and love her stepmother, who came to Alaska to teach, and respecting her father's attempts to keep the village strong (he shot the wolves because they were a threat to the musk-ox herd that represents economic hope for the village). To allay the danger of and to the wolf pack, she leads the wolves away to moose country, where they can feed without having to prey on domestic animals; when they return, she must try to convince her father that the Eskimo way of coexistence is preferable to the "Minnesota law" of destruction. This sequel seems to soften but also to complicate interestingly the ending of the previous book, because Kapugen is an honorable man helping his village try to live in a changing world. As she did previously, George packs a wealth of information about ways of life into the book without losing the emotional momentum of the story, and the middle section, in which Julie moves her pack to safer territory, provides plenty of rich lupine interaction. Her gentle budding romance with a young Siberian Eskimo is part of her gradual exploration of the world rather than a sappy fix-up, and her final looking towards the future is satisfyingly open-ended. George's understanding of and ability to convey Julie's world to readers has not diminished with the passing of time. This is that rare thing, a sequel worthy of its original; use its appearance to introduce both books to new audiences. R--Recommended. Reviewed from galleys (c) Copyright 1994, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 1994, HarperCollins, 226p, $14.89 and $15.00. Grades 5-8.

Horn Book (The Horn Book Guide, 1994)
In a sequel to 'Julie of the Wolves' (Harper), Julie proceeds with her decision to return to her father, Kapugen, in spite of her fears that he will kill the rest of her wolf pack as he did its leader. The relationships between Julie and her father, Julie and her new stepmother, and, once again, Julie and the wolves are skillfully drawn; the book's resolution is satisfying and believable. Category: Fiction. 1994, HarperCollins, 229pp.. Ages 9 to 12. Rating: 2: Superior, well above average.