- Juvenile fiction, Eskimos, Wolves, Newbery Medal
Miyax, like many adolescents, is torn. But unlike most, her choices may determine whether she lives or dies. 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.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and intimate.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
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- Author
- Jean Craighead George
- First published
- January 8, 1998
- Pages
- 176
- Publisher
- Red Fox, Perfection Learning Prebound, Hamilton
- Editions
- 61
- Language
- Chinese, German, French, Arabic
- ISBN
- 9780099208426
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“MIYAX PUSHED BACK THE HOOD OF HER sealskin parka and looked at the Arctic sun.”
Jean Craighead was born in Washington. Her parents and extended family were naturalists, and she spent weekends during her childhood camping out in the woods, studying nature, foraging, and fishing. Her first pet was a turkey vulture. In 1940, George graduated from Pennsylvania State University with degrees in both English and Science. She became a reporter for The Washington Post and was a member of the White House Press Corps. In 1944 she married John Lothur George, and began writing novels with him which she illustrated. She divorced in 1963. In 1960 she received a Newbery Honor for *My Side of the Mountain*. In 1969, she went to work for *Readers Digest* as a writer and editor. She has w
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