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Summary: Great for Education!
Review: This is a wonderful story about survival. This book would be interesting to students in the 5th grade and above. Teachers could use this book to study animals, courage, survival, and world culture.
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Summary: Ordeal by Loneliness
Review: After a series of violent and bizarre events, a 12-year-old native girl suddenly finds herself alone on an islet off the California coast at the dawn of the 19th century. Her people have been masacred by hostile Aleuts who arrive annually to hunt the sea otter. Their new chief manages to convince white men to return for the survivors, but she sacrifices her rescue in order to be with her little brother. When he is killed by wild dogs, Karana must face overwhleming odds of loneliness, gender ignorance and tribal tabus, in order to survive without human companionship for 18 years. O'Dell has depicted a realistic and interesting story--one with little dialogue but which holds the reader's attention. Based on acutal fact about the Lone Woman of San Nicholas Island, this tale reveals how Karana came of age without any witnesses; she learned to rely on herself and her pet dog to keep busy, healthy, and safe from human predators. For almost two decades she carved out a life for herself on this islet, until she was ultimately rescued by Spanish missionaries. With her departure a Native American
lifestyle vanished into the mists of time, for her entire village had blended in or died out in the intervening years.
Karana battles against hunger, the ocean, wild dogs, and treacherous Aleuts, plus hostile natural phenomena. Yet she also discovers the value of friendship and man's responsibility to protect wild creatures. This is a good survival tale for boys as well as girls to read, as all humans can relate to the innate
need for socialization. It makes an excellent springboard for discussion of Native Americans, the Spanish Mission system and the fragile balance of cross-cultural shock. Karan kept faith with the Rock.
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Summary: Island of the Blue Dolphins
Review: The Island of the Blue Dolphins is a great story by Scott O'Dell. It was a fantastic book about how a girl got left on an island and had to find a way to survive, not knowing if people would ever come back. Karana (the girl) is very brave, an I was surpised with how she began her adventure. One of my favorite moments was when I was visualizing her looking out at some dolphins splashing in the water with a beautiful sunset above them. If you love beautiful scenery, adventure, and excitement, Island of the Blue Dolphins is the book to read!
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Summary: Island of the Blue Dolphins
Review: Island of the blue dolphins is a great book. It is an exiting story about a girl who is traped on an island for years. She fights the wild dogs and builds herself a house. her only company is a dog named Rontu and two birds. one of the best parts is when the ship with white sails comes and takes everyone away. That's when she gets left behind.
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Summary: Island of the Blue Dolphins
Review: The Island of the Blue Dolphins is a short book written by a great author Scott O'dell,it's full of adventure, mystery, and heart warming suprises.Karana is a very interesting character because she did many many things.One of my favorite moments in the book is when Karana took care of her family.
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Summary: Island of the blue dolphin
Review: This is the first book I have ever read, back in the early 90's. It is a fantastic book from what I can remember of it which I am so sorry to say is not that much.
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Summary: don't listen to westley
Review: This is a wonderful book!! Westley has no idea what a book is.
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Summary: I can't believe anyone would ever waste their time.
Review: My absolute least favorite book in the world. ... I would award it zero stars if it was possible. ... I kept turning and turning pages, waiting for a plot to show up. ... The only reason she jumps off the boat is for her brother, who dies like a week later. The rest of the novel is intricate descriptions of complicated wolf traps and how she hollows out a boat. ... I loathe survival stories, and this one was utterly pointless. ...
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Summary: Island of the Blue Dolpins review
Review: This was a good book and I liked it. The book had a lot of detail to it. I liked the part when she became friends with the dog. I did not like the part when turned around and went back to the Island when she was in the middle of the ocean. My favorite charactor was the dog. I felt bad when the dog died. It was really cool that she made her own shelter and her own clothes. She also gathered her own food. I enjoyed reading the book.
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Summary: Island of the Blue Dolphins Review
Review: I enjoyed the book and I thought it was great. My favorite character was Karana. I also felt sorry for Karana because her father died, her sister went away and then her brother died. I think that Karana was a very brave girl because she made her own shelter, made her own food and she wasn't very scaird of the wild dogs.
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