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Island of the Blue Dolphins |  | Author: Scott O'Dell
Publisher: Yearling
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Seller: Blue_Cloud_Books
Rating:  605 reviews
Sales Rank: 25922
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0440439884
EAN: 9780440439882
ASIN: 0440439884
Publication Date: March 1, 1987
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Product Description
The riveting account of a young Indian girl who spent eighteen years alone on an island off the California coast in the early 19th century.
Amazon.com Review
Scott O'Dell won the Newbery Medal for Island of the Blue Dolphins in 1961, and in 1976 the Children's Literature Association named this riveting story 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, Karana. The author based his book on the life of this 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. O'Dell tells the miraculous story of how 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. This beautiful edition of Island of the Blue Dolphins is enriched with 12 full-page watercolor paintings by Ted Lewin, illustrator of more than 100 children's books, including Ali, Child of the Desert. A gripping story of battling wild dogs and sea elephants, this simply told, suspenseful tale of survival is also an uplifting adventure of the spirit. (Ages 9 to 12)
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 A good read February 24, 2010
VioletCrush
This story is about a girl called Karana. She lived on an Island shaped like a Dolphin, hence called Dolphins' Island. When the Russians come to their Island for hunting Otters, they agree to part with half their share with the Island people as they would be hunting on their territory. But the Russians, while leaving, refuse to give the share and a fight breaks out between the 2 sides killing many people from the Island. Karana's father was the chief of the Tribe who was also killed.
When the new chief is appointed, he decides to move from the dolphin's Island to a near by Island where it would be more safe. But somehow during the moving process, Karana is left behind. She decides to wait for the next ship to come and take her to the Island. But seasons later, when no ship arrives, she decides to make the Island her home and do her best with whatever she can.
This story is her struggle with the nature's forces, with wild animals and most of all with loneliness. Karana has amazing courage and resilience. In spite of the adverse conditions she does not loose hope.
As an adult I enjoyed the story and the descriptions of the Island and the tribal customs. The story was interesting enough to pull me in. But I can see that children would find much more to love in this story. It could teach them morals and values without preaching. And a girl stuck on an Island, making the best of what she has got, making a hut, catching fish, building a boat could be appealing.
Overall, a good read. I am sad I didn't get a chance to read this as a child.
I found some really good information on Wikipedia. It was published in 1960 and won the Newbery Medal that year, and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1963. It is based on the true story of Juana Maria, the "Lone Woman of San Nicolas", a Nicoleño Indian marooned for 18 years on San Nicolas Island off the California coast before being rescued in 1853.
 I became Karana as I read December 10, 2009
Cathy G. Cole (Phoenix, AZ USA)
First Line: I remember the day the Aleut ship came to our island.
I'm not quite sure how I missed this one growing up. With a 1960 copyright date, it was certainly around when I was young, but somehow it got lost in the shuffle, and I never read it. I've now corrected that oversight, and I'm glad I did.
In the Pacific Ocean, there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Blue dolphins, sea elephants, birds, otters... wildlife is abundant there. When the strangers come in their red-sailed ship, Karana's father reluctantly gives them permission to fish and to hunt for otters in their waters, but their hunting comes to a bad end. Not long afterward, a ship comes for Karana's people, and they gather their belongings and climb aboard. When Karana sees that her little brother is left behind on the island, she jumps ship and swims back.
Unfortunately Karana soon finds herself all alone on the island. She spends year after year there, but this isn't a tale merely of survival, it's a story of a girl who truly appreciates the natural world surrounding her. My eyes were riveted to the page as she built herself shelter, a canoe, fought off wild dogs, and explored the island. An author's note in the back told me that this story was based on fact, and that explanation made the book even more special.
I can see why this book is a Newbery Medal winner. Island of the Blue Dolphins has a wonderful setting and a character into whom we can all project ourselves. It wasn't just Karana building a shelter or trying to outsmart the wild dogs-- I was, too. When I finished the last page, I had to sit quietly and let the sea breeze calm and the vision of a fish-shaped island sunning itself in the sea quietly fade away.
great book November 8, 2009
Jeannie K. Bridges (casa grande, AZ United States)
My son loves this book. He is 13 and it is a great adventure book. Especially for boys.
 Lovely and Beautiful Classic! July 20, 2009
Becky (Atlanta, GA)
A beautiful Robinson Crusoe type story inspired by real events.
Karana is a young Indian girl who is left to fend for herself on her home island after her entire tribe leaves to head east. Karana had intended to leave with them but jumps ship at the last minute to return to the island due to an unforeseen circumstance.
Through Karana's journey of survival on the island we are treated to lessons in survival, observations of humanity's varying relationships with nature, introductions to various forms of wildlife and several poignant moments involving loss, unexpected friendship, and surprises of nature. There are a few tedious moments in this read, but they are short lived.
I am partial to stories such as this as Robinson Crusoe is one of my favorite books and I love nature and adventure stories. However, the enriching quality of this book is undeniable. Unlike some children's/young adult reads, this book has all of the elemental qualities of a full length, classic adult novel - they are just given to us in smaller doses. There is rich character development, powerful descriptives, and interesting plot. I enjoyed researching in more depth via the internet things that are mentioned in the book such as devil fish, sea elephants, abalones, cormorants, etc.
A worthy classic!
 Does not deserve any awards June 24, 2009
A. Colon (NC)
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
I remember reading this book when I was younger. I'll be honest that I blocked most of the extraneous details of the non-existent plot out of my memory. But I do remember feeling depressed for days after finishing it. Why on earth would we force our children to read literature that is going to bring them down emotionally like this, especially when it's a terribly written book to begin with? If I hadn't already had a natural desire to be an avid reader then this book would definitely have turned me off from wanting to pick up another book and read. There are so many other books that could be assigned reading.
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