Great Book.

[Sheri]

Read this book as a child from the school library. Love the book.

[Tressa]

I read this book as a child, too. It's a story I've never forgotten. I even re-read it now as adult every few years. I can't wait for my son to become a young adult so I can push all my favorites on him.

[Brigid ✩]

amazing book, but it made me cry at the end. :'(

[Mary]

Yes, I too can't wait until my daughter is a few years older and can read this (as well as Tuck Everlasting, A Wrinkle in Time and Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH) Island of the Blue Dolphins really had an effect on me!

[Melissa]

I have read this book so many times from elementary to now. I recently finished again (in 2 days) and I have to say I can't wait to read it again. Its like a great movie you can't stop watching.

[Becky]

I remember how great this book was I read it over and over as I grew up. Its one I can't wait to pass on to the next generation!

[Tiffany]

This is a great book. I remember all the great projects that we did while reading it. I am looking forward to doing something similar with my class so they can look back as adults and remember how great it was!

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This is the best book ever!! But I don't think I could've done what she did.

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I have read this book so many times. I first read it in elemntary school, and now my seven year old brother wants me to read it to him. Karana is a very strong young woman. I would never be able to go through what she did.

[Jenny]

I decided to read this book a few years ago, but I couldn't finish it. It made me too sad

[CMT-Michigan]

I think the thing that stuns me the most every time is that it is VERY loosely based on an actual girl who survived on her own for 18 years!

[Proud Gaian]

i've always ben an excellent reader, and in third grade my teacher recommended this book to me. i read it in about a week and absolutely loved it.i too will never forget this book because of the inspiration that the characters instilled in me.

[Danielle]

I read it over the summer going into 4th grade and i loved it

[Bookworm]

i just finished the book and i loved it!! i can't believe it's actually based on a real story.

[Erin]

i loved this book

[Makaila]

there is a book #2 and i think it is called "Zai".

[Feliks]

A sweet and powerful tale. A thousand times more worth translating to cinema than all the blockbusters of the last ten years. For example, where is Peter (money grubbing) Jackson to make a movie of this truly relevant, fundamental work? Oh no--instead, he takes the obvious box office buster and films Tolkien, books which adamantly don't need filming.

Meanwhile, 'Dolphin' --unsung, neglected--only because its not got a story which would give enough work to all the CGI and FX companies which make Hollywood movies these days.

[Lynn]

I read the book when I was young and loved it. The full movie of it is available on youTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy_8WK...

[Rob]

I too read this book as a teenager (It was a set text in a boys only high school!) I have encouraged my daughters and my senior primary students to read this book- 99% love it.
This is a terrific story about courage, self-reliance and survival. It reminds me of Armstrong Sperry's 'Call it Courage".
What I really love about "The Island of the Blue Dolphins" is that the hero is female- what a great role-model/inspiration for teenage girls (and boys for that matter(.

[Ginger]

One of my favorites.. I cry at the end every time I reread it.. Always did this book with some of my reading groups each year.. Sad that not many new teachers or students know of this book.. I always recommend it to the students that I work with now..(Retired 2 years ago--do remedial math now.. )

[Feliks]

Rob wrote: "What I really love about "The Island of the Blue Dolphins" is that the hero is female- what a great role-model/inspiration for teenage girls..."

Agreed. Really demarcates clearly, what utter garbage 'Twilight' is, by comparison. Makes you wonder.

[Andrea]

Scott O'Dell's writings are always winners. I've never disliked any of his books, but Island of the Blue Dolphins was certainly one of my top favorite books as a child. I too cried when I read it, and I need to re-read it. And soon!

[Katherine E-J]

Oh! I looooooove this book. This one I can happily classify as one of my favorites. I absolutely LOVE historical fiction and this book is not one to be missed. For school, I wrote a paper on this book and I had so much fun researching it. If you look up the book on Wikipedia, you will find the woman's real name and her story is amazing!! I definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves historical fiction and heartfelt stories.