La isla de los delfines azules / Island of the Blue Dolphins

from LillianE

Karana lives alone with her dog and birds hunting her own food and looking out for possible ships holding spies. With her own house and canoe she often rides her canoe through caves filled with lakes with edable and dangerous fish. Her first dog died so she had to track down another one. She goes...

from Kace

This was read out loud to us in like the 5th grade. I remember being aggravated that the teacher wouldn't read more to us at one time, so I went to the library and checked it out, finished it that night. Taught her a lesson I'm sure. The book was awesome, waiting every day to learn just a little ...

from kpickett

When Russians invade her island home, Karana's town is evacuated by ship. However, when Karana realizes that they have left her brother, Ramo, behind she jumps ship to swim back to him. He dies and she is left on the island alone to survive. She forages for food, makes her own clothing, builds he...

from Regan521

Island of the Blue Dolphins is about a Native American girl named Karana who is left abandoned on an island after her tribe was attacked by Aleutian hunters. She fights to survive by herself, feeling so alone and far away from her people. I would use this book in an ELA or social studies classroo...

from ctpress

I love survival-stories a la Robinson Crusoe - and actually this one is loosely based on a true story - about the girl Karana who for many years have to survive on a small remote island in the Pacific after being left there by a mistake as her tribe had been rescued of the island after being atta...