Island of the Blue Dolphins
(Book - Regular Print)

Text was originally published in 1960.

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 elephants and sea birds abound. Once, Indians also lived on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind. This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year, she watched one season pass into another and waited for a ship to take her away. But while she waited, she kept herself alive by building shelter, making weapons, finding food, and fighting her enemies, the wild dogs.

"Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life"--Title page verso.

Ages 9-12.

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Accelerated Reader,MG,5.4,6.0,45.

Accelerated Reader,Grades 5-8,5.4,6,Quiz 45,English fiction, vocabulary quiz available, literary skills quiz available, audio quiz available for beginning readers.

Accelerated Reader,Grades 5-8,5.4,6,SD,Quiz 45,English fiction, vocabulary quiz available, literary skills quiz available, audio quiz available for beginning readers.

Newbery Medal, 1961

Flicker Tale Book Award nominee, 1983