About Island of the Blue Dolphins
In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephants and sea birds abound. Once, Indians also lived on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind. — This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year, she watched one season pass into another and waited for a ship to take her away. But while she waited, she kept herself alive by building shelter, making weapons, finding food, and fighting her enemies, the wild dogs. It is not only an unusual adventure of survival, but also a tale of natural beauty and personal discovery.
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Complete Title: Island of the Blue Dolphins
Format: Kindle Edition
Language: English
Number of Pages: 194
Publication Time: February 8, 2010
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
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About Scott O’Dell
Scott O’Dell
Scott O’Dell (May 23, 1898 – October 16, 1989) was an American children’s author who wrote 26 novels for youngsters, along with three adult novels and four nonfiction books. He was most famously the author of the children’s novel Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960), which won the 1961 Newbery Medal as well as a number of other awards. Other award winning books by O’Dell include The King’s Fifth (1966), Black Star, Bright Dawn (1988), The Black Pearl (1967), and Sing Down the Moon (1970); which were all also Newbery Honor award books. O’Dell wrote primarily historical fiction. Many of his children’s novels are about historical California and Mexico.
Reviews Island of the Blue Dolphins
Federico DN
Forever Rontu. 19tth century. Karana is a young indian from a small village living in a remote place; San Nicolas, the island of the blue dolphins. A little islet with mountain, forest, animals, fis…
karen
this may be the best book for kids ever written. it teaches young girls everything they will ever need to know in their resourceful lives: how to build a fence out of whale bones, how to kill giant sq…
Julie G
When my defiant preteen daughter stands before me in great protest to any one of my many actions or words, she often resembles Disney’s Pocahontas. She has tan skin and black hair that touches her wai…
Luffy (Oda’s Version)
It was only when I finished reading the book did I get to know that it was based on a true story. The sequel might be worth reading too.Such tragedy followed by sweet tales worthy of Mowgli, but what…
⊱ Sonja ⊰
Ein zeitloses Kinder- und Jugendbuch für Leser ab acht.Es geht um das Mädchen Won-a-pa-lei, das durch unglückliche Umstände alleine auf einer unbewohnten Insel mitten im Pazifik zurückbleibt. Hie…
Ahmad Sharabiani
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Island of the Blue Dolphins #1), Scott O’DellIsland of the Blue Dolphins is a 1960 children’s novel by American writer Scott O’Dell.Island of the Blue Dolphins tells the s…
Ɗẳɳ 2.☊
★★☆☆☆½If this book just so happens to be one of your childhood favorites, and you notice my rating here, you may be asking yourself, “Why must I forever be soiling all the things you hold…
Bren fall in love with the sea.
“More than anything, it was the blue dolphins that took me back home.”― Scott O’Dell, Island of the Blue DolphinsSigh. I never read this as a kid. At least I don’t think I did.And I have long ha…
Jason Koivu
Back in the ’70s and early ’80s teachers liked to make their students cry, and so they forced them to read books like Island of the Blue Dolphins, which is just the kind of good old fashioned heartbre…