Island of the Blue Dolphinsby Scott O'Dell | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - Chapter Books" |
| Pages: | 184 |
| Year of Publication: | 1961 |
| Date Read: | 04/22/2001 |
| Notes: | The story of a remarkable young woman who, during the evacuation of Ghalas-at (an island off the coast of California), jumped ship to stay with her young brother who had been abandoned on the island. He died shortly thereafter, and Karana fended for herself on the island for 18 years. Karana forages on land and in the ocean, clothes herself (in a green-cormorant skirt and an otter cape on special occasions), and secures shelter. Perhaps even more startlingly, she finds strength and serenity living alone on the island. COMMENTS — Scott O'Dell won the Newbery Medal for Island of the Blue Dolphins in 1961, and in 1976 the Children's Literature Association named it one of the 10 best American children's books of the past 200 years. O'Dell was inspired by the real-life story of a 12-year-old American Indian girl. |
| My Rating: | 7 |