In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it blue dolphins swim, otters play and sea birds abound. Once, Indians also lived on the island..When they left, some sailing to the island of Santa Catalina and others sailing further east, one girl, Karana, was left behing all alone. Karana is the Indian girl who lived alone for many years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year she waited for her people to come and rescue her. They did not come. While she waited, she kept herself busy and alive by building shelter, making weapons, finding food, and fighting her enemies, the wild dogs who had killed her brother, Ramo. Karana's is a story of survival and personal discovery.
Island of the Blue Dolphins was a very good book for 4th and 5th graders. This book is exciting and mysterious for young readers and I think everyone would enjoy it.
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