The Avaliks are forced to leave Silver behind so they can confront the rival pack, the wolves of Nuka River. Complications arise when Silver begins to grow weak, a rival pack move onto the Avalik territory, and the arrival of a strange white wolf known as Ice Blink. Kapu and his pack remain close to Julie′s home, intent on retrieving the pups when the time come. With Julie and her family raising them, No Growl and Tiny Whimper-renamed Nutik (“jumper”) and Uqaq (“to talk”)-become strong and healthy. When they do, Julie assures them that she′ll return them to their pack when they are strong enough. But then Julie arrives, hoping to see the pups, and convinces Kapu, Zing, and Silver to allow her to take them home with her so she and her family can nurse them. The wolf pack fear that the pups will more than likely not be able to survive the harsh Arctic wilderness. But since Silver had not eaten enough meat while pregnant, she was not able to produce enough milk, and the two pups, named No Growl and Tiny Whimper, become weak. Silver gives birth to a litter consisting of two pups, a male and a female. Sweet Fur Amy plans to become the pups' babysitter once they′re born. Kapu knows Raw Bones did it as an act of defiance, but nonetheless helps his mother and the rest of the pack prepare for the birth. In spite of Kapu's insistence that the pack will not have pups during this time, Silver is impregnated by Raw Bones. Kapu plans to have the pack hunt caribou throughout the year, so that they will regain their strength. Raw Bones continuously tries to usurp Kapu′s position as alpha male, but Kapu beats him back every time, occasionally with the help of Zing, Aaka, and more recently, Sweet Fur Amy.
When the story starts, the pack consists of himself, his mate Aaka, his brother and beta Zing, his and Aaka′s daughter Sweet Fur Amy (referred to as Amy in the previous book), Kapu and Zing′s mother Silver, and her mate Raw Bones, the former alpha of the Colville River. Kapu, son of Amaroq, has been alpha since his father′s death in the first book, and has managed to hold his status since. With the caribou now returned to Kangik, Kapu and his pack-known as the Avaliks-plan to hunt and regain their strength. Each part deals with Kapu the black wolf leading his pack, and then his daughter Sweet Fur Amy taking over with her mate Storm Call. One day, while looking for wolves from an airplane on the North Slope of Alaska, the idea for a third book in the Julie of the Wolves series occurred to Jean.
It is the only book in the series whose story is told from the viewpoint of the wolves themselves, rather than from Julie's point of view. It is the second sequel to the Newbery Medal winner Julie of the Wolves after Julie, and the last in the Julie of the Wolves trilogy. Julie's Wolf Pack is a 1997 novel written by Jean Craighead George.
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