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Island of the Blue Dolphins is the story of a young Native American girl that is left behind when her tribe leaves their island home. She survives using many of the skills she learned from watching the adults in her tribe. It is a beautiful story about survival with a very strong female character. I loved the way O'Dell described the island. His writing was beautiful and moving. The relationship between the lonely girl and the animals on the island was moving as she relied on them for sustenance
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Karana is an Indian girl who lives on an island out in the Pacific Ocean along with her family and the rest of the tribe she belongs to. From time to time, white men come by ship to their island to hunt sea otters and their presence sometimes causes conflict with the Indian tribe. When the last conflict turns violent, the Indian tribe decides to leave the island for good but Karana gets left behind. For years she remains on the island by herself, trying to survive on her own by gathering food, c
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I had forgotten how much I loved this book back in school. Great re-read!
Required reading in 6th grade. I hated it. This was when I began to realize that even though I loved to read, books assigned by teachers usually weren't books I would love. I know a lot of people loved this when they were young, I just remember being bored to tears.
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Lexile 1000L
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6.0
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6.0
Sep 09, 2008
Southernbelle0326
marked it as to-read
Aug 19, 2011
Vesra (When She Reads)
marked it as to-read
