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I really enjoyed rereading this book which I read over 30 years ago. I enjoy reading books during prehistory.
Reading for school- didn't really like the writing style, and books with dogs are always dangerous. Will work well for discussing critical lenses though.
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Inspired by the real story of a 12-year-old Indian girl who jumped ship to stay with her young brother who had been abandoned on an island off the coast of California. He died and the girl had to survive alone on the island for eighteen years. She is buried in the cemetery at the Santa Barbara Mission. O'Dell gives a fictional account of how the girl may have survived on the island...foraging on land and in the ocean, making clothes, and building shelters. The old Disney movie is actually a pret
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My FAVORITE book of all time!
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