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O'Dell,
Scott
ISLAND
OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
Santa
Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 1987
IL 5-8
RL 5.5
ISBN
0395069629
(2 booktalks)
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Booktalk #1
Karana
jumps overboard when when she sees her
brother has been left behind. Her
island village has decided to board the
white man's ship to a safer life
at the missions. We live for years with
Karana as she befriends a wild
dog, avoids Aleut hunters, befriends one
female Aleut who leaves. She conquers
her fears of the sea and gains strengths
she didn't know women could have
and also discovers some sensitivities
she could not overcome. If you like
this book, there's another - Zia - that
connects Karana back to her.
Booktalk #2
Twelve year old Karana lives on the
Island of the Blue Dolphins with her
tribe and family. When another tribe
invades the island hunting for seals,
Karana’s village decides to leave the
island on the white man’s ships and move
to the mainland. But there’s a problem:
Just as the ships were leaving Karana
sees that her younger brother Ramo is
missing and Karana makes the quick
decision to jump ship and go back to the
island to save her brother. So the story
takes us living for years with Karana
hiding, fighting, befriending, and
ultimately surviving on the Island of
the Blue Dolphins. This is a story of
struggle and survival, joy and
friendship. Will Karana ever be able to
leave? You’ll have to read it to find
out. (Amanda
Ingalls, Librarian,
aingalls@stockbridgevalley.org) |
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SUBJECTS:
Indians
of North America -- Fiction
Survival
-- Fiction
Island
-- Fiction |
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