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Julie of the Wolves · Garden Heights
Part 6
for Julie of the Wolves · Part 6 · Part III · The Wrecked Camp
8 Parts40 min
What Happens in Part 6
Part III begins in the same breath Part I ended on. Miyax surfaces from her memories to find her camp destroyed and her pack gone: Jello has robbed her. She confronts him without violence, and takes stock — the ulo and the needles survived, which means she can still work. What follows is a run of encounters: a wolverine, caribou in the rut, and a grizzly that the pack drives away from her. She hunts, shelters, and endures. Then she finds her pack, and Jello dead beside it, killed by Amaroq. The family that feeds her also polices itself, and she has just seen how.
What We Will Learn
Section
What you will practice
Vocabulary
Words for loss and endurance: ransack, salvage, carcass, disperse, exposure…
Literary Elements
A flashback closing and a scene resuming mid-breath; an off-page act of violence
Cross-Curricular
Wolf behavior — why a pack drives out or kills one of its own
Scene Summary
Scene
What happens
Back on the slope
Kapugen, the Hunter — The flashback ends and the story picks up exactly where Part I broke off. Miyax comes back to herself and finds her camp ransacked: Jello, the lowest-ranking wolf, has torn it apart and made off with her pack and the meat inside it. She faces him and does not strike him. What matters is what he did not take — her ulo and her needles, the two tools she cannot replace and cannot survive without.
The animals, and what the pack did
The tundra now comes at her one animal at a time: a wolverine, caribou in the mating season, and finally a grizzly bear, which the wolf pack drives off before it reaches her. She hunts, and builds shelter out of frozen grass and cut snow. Then she finds her pack again, and Jello’s body beside it. Amaroq has killed him. The pack has closed over the problem in its own way, and Miyax understands that the protection she is living inside has rules she did not write.
Part 1
Vocabulary
Study 10 key words from Part III · The Wrecked Camp, then answer each question.
🧊Knowledge Bank · Words for Losing and Keeping
Survival · Words of LossThis part needs words for damage and for what survives it. To ransack a place is to search it roughly and take from it, which is exactly the state Miyax finds her camp in. To salvage is to save what can still be used, and the word carries the whole logic of the scene: the meat is gone, but the ulo and the needles are not, and tools are worth more than a meal because tools make more meals. A carcass is the body of a dead animal, and on the tundra it is a resource rather than a horror. To scavenge is to live on what others have left, which is how a wolverine mostly works. And exposure is the harm done simply by being outside in severe weather — the danger that, in this climate, arrives faster than hunger.
ransackv.Pt.III
To search a place roughly and take things from it
“She returned to find her camp ransacked.”
salvagev.Pt.III
To save what can still be used from a loss
“She salvaged the ulo and the needles.”
carcassn.Pt.III
The body of a dead animal
“A carcass on the tundra is never wasted for long.”
scavengev.Pt.III
To feed on what other animals have left behind
“A wolverine will scavenge rather than hunt if it can.”
dispersev.Pt.III
To leave a group and move away separately
“Young wolves disperse to look for territory of their own.”
provokev.Pt.III
To do something that makes another creature react
“She is careful not to provoke the bear.”
blizzardn.Pt.III
A storm of wind-driven snow that hides everything
“A blizzard can bury a camp in an hour.”
exposuren.Pt.III
Harm caused by being out in severe cold or weather
“Without shelter, exposure kills faster than hunger.”
wolverinen.Pt.III
A powerful northern animal, related to weasels, known for boldness
“A wolverine will drive a much larger animal off a kill.”
retreatv.Pt.III
To move back away from danger
“The grizzly finally chose to retreat.”
ⓘ The vocabulary words in this list are selected to help you understand and complete this workbook. Some may not appear verbatim in the original novel.
1To search a place roughly and take things from it is to ___ it.Pt.III
2To save what can still be used after a loss is to ___ it.Pt.III
3A carcass is the body of a dead animal.Pt.III
4To feed on what other animals have left behind is to ___.Pt.III
5Fill in each blank with the correct word.Pt.III
Word choices:disperseexposuregatherprovoke- some words will not be used
To is to leave a group and move away separately.
Harm caused by being out in severe cold is .
6To provoke an animal is to do something that makes it react.Pt.III
7A storm of wind-driven snow that hides everything is a ___.Pt.III
8A wolverine is a small, timid bird of the Arctic coast.Pt.III
9Fill in each blank with the correct word.Pt.III
Word choices:retreatcarcassadvancesalvage- some words will not be used
To is to move back away from danger.
The body of a dead animal is a .
10Harm caused by being out in severe cold and weather is ___.Pt.III
Part 2
Comprehension
Show you understood what happens in Part III · The Wrecked Camp.
🐺Knowledge Bank · When a Pack Turns on One of Its Own
Zoology · Pack Order and DispersalJello’s death is shocking and it is not invented. A wolf pack is a working unit, and a member who takes without contributing puts everybody at risk, so packs enforce their order. Most often the enforcement is undramatic: a low-ranking wolf is pushed further and further out until it leaves altogether, which biologists call dispersal. A dispersing wolf faces poor odds, because a lone animal cannot bring down large prey and has no territory of its own, and mortality among lone wolves is high. Sometimes the enforcement is lethal, particularly against an animal that has become a genuine liability to a group that cannot afford one. Researchers who follow collared packs report both outcomes, and note that the harsher one is rare. What the novel shows is therefore accurate rather than sensational, and it is why the moment is given no drama at all. Belonging to a pack buys protection, and the price of that protection is the order.
1What does Miyax find when she comes back to herself?Pt.III
2Who has wrecked her camp?Pt.III
3Why does the loss of the pack matter less than it might?Pt.III
4Which animal does the wolf pack drive away from Miyax?Pt.III
5Write the numbers 1–5 in the boxes to show the correct order of events in this part. Number 1 = what happens first.Pt.III
The wolf pack drives the grizzly away from her.
She meets a wolverine, then caribou, then a grizzly bear.
She faces Jello without striking him, and takes stock of what is left.
She finds her stolen pack, and Jello’s body lying beside it.
Miyax stops remembering and finds her camp destroyed.
6Miyax attacks Jello when she realizes what he has done.Pt.III
7What has happened to Jello by the time she finds her pack again?Pt.III
8Miyax builds shelter out of frozen grass and cut snow.Pt.III
9What does Jello’s death show Miyax about the pack?Pt.III
10Part III begins some months after Part I ended.Pt.III
Part 3
Literary Elements
Understanding HOW and WHY Jean Craighead George tells the story across Part III · The Wrecked Camp.
⏮Knowledge Bank · Picking Up an Unfinished Breath
Literary Craft · Returning to a ScenePart III begins with no re-introduction, no summary and no signal that time has passed, because none has: the novel simply resumes the moment Part I stopped. That is a deliberate structural choice and it does two things at once. It converts the whole of Part II into something that happened inside a single pause, so the reader carries the tundra crisis through every page of the past. And it makes the return feel like waking rather than like starting a new chapter, which is exactly what Miyax is doing. Notice also what the book refuses to dramatise. Amaroq kills Jello off the page and we are shown only the result, so the wolves stay animals instead of becoming villains. Withholding a scene can be as deliberate an act of craft as writing one, and here the restraint is what keeps the novel honest rather than thrilling.
Resuming mid-scene
Part III picks up the instant Part I left off. Nothing is re-explained, which makes the long flashback feel like something that happened inside a single held breath.
Violence kept off the page
Amaroq kills Jello, and the reader is shown only the body afterwards. The restraint keeps the wolves from becoming villains and keeps the moment factual rather than thrilling.
A test she passes by not acting
Facing Jello without striking him is a choice the book rewards. Restraint, here, is presented as a survival skill rather than as weakness.
1Part III resuming the exact scene Part I broke off has the effect of ___.Pt.III
2Fill in each blank with the correct term.Pt.III
Word choices:flashbackclimaxrhymestanza- some words will not be used
A scene that jumps back to an earlier time is a .
The moment of highest tension in a story is its .
3Amaroq’s killing of Jello happens off the page. That choice ___.Pt.III
4Miyax facing Jello without striking him is presented as weakness.Pt.III
5Losing tools would have been worse for Miyax than losing food.Pt.III
6The run of animal encounters in this part mainly works to ___.Pt.III
7Fill in the blank with the correct term.Pt.III
Word choices:restraintrhymechaptersetting- some words will not be used
Choosing not to act when you could is .
8The grizzly is driven off by Miyax herself.Pt.III
9Finding Jello’s body rather than watching him die lets the reader ___.Pt.III
10This part mostly works to ___.Pt.III
Part 4
Think Deeper
Four deeper challenges — no single-word recall. Read, weigh the evidence, and reason it out.
⚖Knowledge Bank · The Price of Being Protected
Ethics · Belonging and Its RulesMiyax spends this part being defended: the pack drives a grizzly away from her, and the wolf who robbed her is dealt with without her lifting a hand. Both are good for her, and both are reminders that she is inside a system she does not control. She has joined something, and joining is never only a benefit. That is worth sitting with, because it is true of every group a person joins. Protection and obligation arrive together, and a group strong enough to shelter you is strong enough to enforce rules you did not choose. The novel neither celebrates nor condemns this; it simply lets Miyax see it plainly, standing over the body of an animal she had named herself. Growing up, in this book, includes noticing that safety is never free and that every belonging carries a cost.
Think back over this part. A girl comes out of a long memory to find her camp torn apart and her food gone, and the animal that did it standing there. She does not strike him. She checks instead for the two things that actually matter, finds them, and starts again. Later a bear comes at her and the wolves send it away, and later still she finds her stolen pack with the thief lying dead beside it.
Original passage written for Garden Heights — not a quotation from the novel.
1Claim: “This part shows that Miyax is genuinely inside the pack rather than merely tolerated by it.” — choose the two details that best prove it.Claim & Evidence
2Something the pack does for her, or Something Miyax does for herself? Tap each detail to send it left or right.Sort into two
◄ Something the pack does for herSomething Miyax does for herself ►
3Match each cause to its result. For each cause, pick its result.Cause & Effect
Jello robs the camp and takes the meat→
The ulo and the needles are left behind→
A grizzly comes toward her camp→
Jello has broken the pack's order→
4Fill both blanks to complete the reasoning.Build the Argument
According to the passage, a pack usually deals with a wolf that does not fit by , which shows that .
Part 5
Standardized Test
Reading passage · Why a Wolf Leaves Its Pack · Words in Context & Central Ideas · SAT & TOEFL-style practice
🎯 What this section practices
You already have these skills from the sections above — here they appear in the exact question types the SAT and TOEFL use. Read the passage (the highlighted words are tested below), then answer. Tap an answer to select it, then tap it again to confirm — you can change your choice until you confirm.
SATCentral Ideas — the main point of the passage as a whole
TOEFLFactual Information — a fact stated directly in the passage
SATWords in Context — what a word means the way this passage uses it
SATInference — a conclusion the passage supports without ever stating it outright
TOEFLProse Summary — choosing the three sentences that capture the main ideas
When a Wolf Leaves the Pack
A wolf pack is a working unit, and its order exists for a practical reason. Hunting large prey requires cooperation, and cooperation requires that every member knows who moves first and who waits. An animal that takes without contributing therefore costs the whole group, and packs deal with such an animal in ways that look harsh from outside.
The commonest outcome is not violence but departure. A low-ranking wolf is crowded further and further out of the group's activity until it leaves altogether, a process biologists call dispersal. Young adults disperse too, usually between one and three years old, going off to look for a mate and unclaimed ground. Either way the animal leaves carrying nothing except what it knows.
Life afterwards is difficult. A lone wolf can catch small prey but rarely brings down a caribou, and it has no territory, no relief when it is injured and no help feeding pups. Mortality among dispersing wolves is correspondingly high, and researchers tracking collared animals have recorded journeys of many hundreds of kilometers (miles), and many travel enormous distances before they either find a partner or die trying. Occasionally a pack goes further than exclusion, particularly with an animal that has become a genuine liability. Seen this way the order inside a pack is not cruelty but the price of the cooperation that makes the group able to eat at all.
Original passage written for Garden Heights — not a quotation from the novel.
1What is the main idea of the passage?SAT · Central Ideas
2According to the passage, the commonest outcome for a low-ranking wolf is ___.TOEFL · Factual Information
3As used in the passage, dispersal most nearly means ___.SAT · Words in Context
4The passage says young adults usually disperse at ___.TOEFL · Factual Information
5It can be inferred that a lone wolf struggles mainly because ___.SAT · Inference
6As used in the passage, liability most nearly means ___.SAT · Words in Context
7According to the passage, a dispersing wolf leaves carrying ___.TOEFL · Factual Information
8Prose Summary (TOEFL).A pack's internal order exists because cooperative hunting requires it, and wolves that do not fit are usually pushed out rather than killed. This TOEFL task lists six sentences; choose the THREE that best capture the passage’s main ideas. The other three do not belong — they state minor details or ideas the passage does not present.TOEFL · Prose Summary
9The final sentence suggests the author wants the reader to see pack order as ___.SAT · Inference
10As used in the passage, cooperation most nearly means ___.SAT · Words in Context
Part 6 · Optional
Creative Writing
A bonus challenge to practice your English. Take your time and have fun with it.
About This Section
This writing task is optional and is not part of your auto-graded score. The feedback below checks only the basics — length, spelling, and grammar — not whether your ideas are right or wrong. It is meant for classroom discussion and creative practice, so feel free to use your imagination!
Writing Task — Part 6 “Rules You Did Not Choose”
The pack protects Miyax, and it also settles matters in ways she has no say in. Write about a group you belong to — a family, a team, a class — that gives you something and also expects something. What do you get from it, and what does it ask in return? 5–8 sentences. End with one thing you think is fair to expect from a group you belong to.
You can start with: “One thing it is fair to expect from a group you belong to is...”
0 / 40 words minimum
🗣 Teach It · Just for Fun (optional)
No right or wrong — close the screen and tell someone nearby what happened in this part. Can’t find anyone? Tell yourself out loud. The moment you teach it, you truly understand it.
Part 6 Complete!
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Independent study guide by Garden Heights. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Jean Craighead George. Contains original analysis only; no text from the novel is reproduced. Reference text: This workbook follows Jean Craighead George’s classic text (the standard Puffin edition sold worldwide). Revised 2023 UK editions change some wording and may not match the vocabulary studied here.
