tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890007815938715673.post7245824353592675376..comments2023-11-03T06:12:51.960-04:00Comments on A Reader's Ramblings: Banned Book Week: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead GeorgeKate E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18027865239228220755noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890007815938715673.post-542802093097953872014-03-24T20:17:16.174-04:002014-03-24T20:17:16.174-04:00Great bookGreat bookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890007815938715673.post-75353373076392209482013-08-05T19:21:17.286-04:002013-08-05T19:21:17.286-04:00I read this book in fifth grade, and (despite what...I read this book in fifth grade, and (despite what you say) actually wished I hadn't. <br />I remember being very sad that I was the only avid reader in my family. I thought that, maybe, if my parents read, they'd have checked it out for me, instead of letting me choose whatever I wanted from the YA section...<br />It is soul crushingly depressing, and it made sex seem like a terrifying power-struggle.<br /><br />After that first read, I only re-read the middle part, where she is becoming part of the wolf pack.<br /><br />To pretend what happens between Miyax/Julie and Daniel is NOT a rape scene is sophistry on the part of the author-- it is, at the very least, a violent sexual assault, frightening enough to make Julie run away and try to cross the Tundra alone. <br />As a fifth grader, I assumed it was full-on rape, and it was extremely scary and disturbing.<br />I'd never let my own nine or ten year old child read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890007815938715673.post-62577977084370387062013-05-18T09:13:22.134-04:002013-05-18T09:13:22.134-04:00I am reading this book for the 2013-2014 EBOB book...I am reading this book for the 2013-2014 EBOB book list!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890007815938715673.post-83391397559340660252012-10-21T22:13:33.123-04:002012-10-21T22:13:33.123-04:00I read this book in 6th grade it was really good i...I read this book in 6th grade it was really good i luved it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890007815938715673.post-62235933864352113262012-10-21T22:09:35.617-04:002012-10-21T22:09:35.617-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890007815938715673.post-29444117404571362762012-10-17T10:46:34.147-04:002012-10-17T10:46:34.147-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com