The island of the blue dolphins is a book about how a girl learns to survive on a island by herself when her tribe has to leave the island. I always have loved this book because it was one of the very first chapter books I read, and it helped me get excited about books with its descriptive words and beautiful story.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
By Scott O'Dell
Book 1 of 2 in the
Island of the Blue Dolphins Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 10 - 9 | V | 5.4 | 40531 |
Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches.
Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply.
More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9780395069622
ISBN-10: 0395069629
Published on 9/9/1960
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
Book Reviews (181)
The island of the blue dolphins is a book about how a girl learns to survive on a island by herself when her tribe has to leave the island. She stays behind with her brother and then staying by herself on the island and making friends with the wild dogs and dolphins who live there.
Sad but exciting book
I read this book with my reading group and it was good but i felt like it never ended!
i lost the book and i'm devastated about it
Are you searching for a peacful, serene island? Karana's island is like that. But then a great ship takes all of her people to another island to make a new home. Karana's brother is left behind, so she jumps of the ship to get him. By the time she turns around, they have left. Shortly after the ship is gone, the wild dogs kill her brother, and she must live alone now. But thought swirl around in her head. Will she survive? How? And most importantly, will the great ship ever come back? Read this amazing book and you will instantly fall in love with it. Rhea
Wow! this book is so great. A girl gets stranded on an island and she has to fend for herself
i just started this book but i love it so far.
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nice book
Great story but parts are kind of boring
why do you think it is boring