Is she Miyax, Eskimo girl of the old ways? Or is she Julie (her "gussak"-white people-name), the modernized teenager who must mock the traditional customs? And when a pack of wolves begins to accept her into their community, Miyax must learn to think like a wolf as well. Now, more than ever, she must look hard at who she really is.
But she becomes lost in the vast Alaskan tundra, with no food, no shelter, and no idea which is the way to safety. At 13, an orphan, and unhappily married, Miyax runs away from her husband's parents' home, hoping to reach San Francisco and her pen pal. But unlike most, her choices may determine whether she lives or dies. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Will she be Miyax of the Eskimos, or Julie of the wolves? However, when a chance to return to modern Eskimo society appears, she is torn. She learned how to communicate with the wolves to receive food, water, and family: all the necessities. When Miyax ran away, she realized she would need to find a way to maintain good health. Caught in an unbearable situation, she runs away, in hope of leaving to stay with her pen-pal in San Francisco, California. However, when she arrived, she realized that Daniel was feeble minded. She was told that at the age of 13, she could leave her Aunt's house if she wed a boy named Daniel Miyax did just that. Miyax was sent to live with Aunt Martha, a distant and cold woman. Years later, her father went out on a seal hunt one day, only for bits of his boat to be found washed ashore and no sign of him.
Left with her father, Kapugen, after losing her mother Julie became intelligent, observant, and one with the Arctic tundra. Julie/Miyax is an Eskimo girl torn between modern Alaska and the old Eskimo tradition.
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