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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.
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Island of the Blue Dolphins is a book about an Indian girl who was abandoned on an island. The story starts off when a ship arrives and offers to bring the Indian girl and the villagers to an island that their new chief discovered. Ramo, the brother of the Indian girl, got left behind and was... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Tutok: A girl traveling with hunters who befriends the deadly spider nicknamed the Karana.
- Rontu: The leader of the wild dogs on the island . He had yellow eyes.
- Ramo: Karana's little brother.
- Rontu-Aru: Rontu's son. He's a dog.
- Ulape: Karana's older sister who is ready to marry.
- Chowig: Karana's father
- Karana: She is a girl who displays courage, perseverance and an inspiring hope for rescue!
- Kimki: A guy who gets kidnapped.
- Nanko: Add a description of this character.
- Tanyositlopai: What Ramo pretends to be.
- Captain Orlov: Captain of the Aleut ship
- Matasaip
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“The village of Ghalas-at lay east of the hills on a small mesa, near Coral Cove and a good spring. About a half league to the north is another spring and it was there that the Aleuts put up their tents which were made of skins and were so low to the earth that the men had to crawl into them on their stomachs. At dusk we could see the glow of their fires.”
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“After that summer, after being friends with Won-a-nee and her young, I never killed another otter. I had an otter cape for my shoulders, which I used until it wore out, but never again did I make a new one. Nor did I ever kill another cormorant for its beautiful feathers, though they have long, think necks and make ugly sounds when they talk to each other. Nor did I kill seals for their sinews, using instead kelp to bind the things that needed it. Nor did I kill another wild dog, nor did I try to spear another sea elephant....for animals and birds are like people, too, though they do not talk the same or do the same things. Without them the earth would be an unhappy place.”
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My brother Ramo was only a little boy half my age, which was twelve.
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Everyone in our tribe had two names, the real one which was secret and was seldom used, and one which was common, for if people use your secret name it becomes worn out and loses its magic.
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'I am the Chief of Ghalas-at,' he said. 'My name is Chief Chowig.'
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I REMEMBER the day the Aleut ship came to our island. At first it seemed like a small shell afloat on the sea. Then it grew larger and was a gull with folded wings. At last in the rising sun it became what it really was—a red ship with two red sails.
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One, because he was larger, I called Tainor. I named him after a young man I liked who had been killed by the Aleuts. The other was called Lurai, which was a name I wished I had been called instead of Karana.
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Won-a-pa-lei, which means The Girl with the Long Black Hair, though my secret name is Karana.
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'The sea is smooth,' Ramo said. 'It is a flat stone without any scratches.' My brother liked to pretend that one thing was another.
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My sister Ulape, who was two years older than I,
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'One string of beads for one otter pelt is not our bargain,' my father said.
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Coral Cove. We had gone to gather roots that grow there in the spring.
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Setting & Locations edit
An island, mostly unpopulated for the main part of the story.
- Island of the Blue Dolphin: The island Karana lived on.
- Sea cave: Karana Hunts there
- Santa Barbara: An land 20 leagues from the island.
- The House: Where Karana lives
- Ghalas-at.: It's the Island Of The Blue Dolphins
- two: Where the 2 live!!
First Sentence edit
I remember the day the Aleut ship came to our island.
Table of Contents edit
29 Chapters
Series & Lists edit
This is book 821 of 986 in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Scott O'Dell (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1960
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 184
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1960
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 184
Awards edit
- Newbery Medal (1961, Winner)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ7.O237 Is
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Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › Authors & Illustrators, A-Z › ( O ) › O'Dell, Scott
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Multicultural Stories › Native North & South Americans
- Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Adventure & Thrillers
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Action & Adventure
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Classics by Age
- Books › Children's Books › Issues
- Books › Teens › Social Issues
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