Island of the Blue Dolphins is about a girl named Karana who got left on her island to live alone. While she was gathering roots with her brother Ramo, she saw the Aleut ship and watched it carefully. Her brother thought it was a cloud, then a whale ,then a canoe. Ramo was quick to make things up. Karana kept digging roots but her hands were trembling with excitement. When she filled the basket with roots, the Aleut ship had almost docked. She crouched in the toyon bushes, trying to hide herself. She saw six men with long oars they had broad faces and their hair fell over their faces. At the back of the boat stood a man with a yellow beard. She had never seen a Russian before and wondered why he looked so angry. Then, the man spoke. He said, "I come in peace and wish to parley." Her father came up to him, thrust his spear into the ground and told this man his name. His true name. This startled Karana for they only give their real names to people whom they trust the most. The next morning had little wind. The Russian's name was Captain Orlov. He tried to bargain with Karana's father. He said the parts of the island shall be equal. They said more but Karana did not here because she was so excited she dropped a rock wich fell off the cliff she was on. Everyone looked up. Silently, she left the Toyon bushes and ran to the mesa. I highly recommend this book it is entertaining and suspensive.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
By Scott O'Dell
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grade 6 | n/a | 5.4 | 40531 |
Book Reviews (22)
this book is so great !!!!!! i love it so much i can read it 100 more times
it is great because it has a little drama `i want to know how old she is in the book right now
This book was the best!!! I absolutely LOVED it. it tells about a girl who's father was the chief before he died. People from an island came to rescue them. the girl got left behind because her brother was not on the boat. they looked for ways to survive, but her brother died. The dogs on the island killed him and she vowed to kill them too. after a few years, she makes a house for herself and other materials needed. finally, she makes peace with a dog and names him after her brother. she makes a human friend who soon leaves, but she is fine with it. after 18 years she sees a boat meant to take her to a different place and she goes. before she died she got baptized and got the name Maria. she died of an illness of food. she was so used to making food on her own when others tried to make food for her, he got sick. she died with only being 9 months on the island. she was buried at the side of the church with an unmarked grave, where she is to this day
i agree it was the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After being left on her dolphin shaped island, Karana must learn how to survive. But each passing day makes her hope that Karana's people will come back for her diminish more and more. So when she finally realizes that they will not, Karana continues her life and has many interesting adventures. I would recommend this for ages 9+ I really liked this book because I read Robinson Crusoe and I enjoyed it because I like tales of survival. The details were very descriptive and as usual, Scott O'Dell has written another wonderful book.
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This book is pretty cool.
This is a beautiful sotry about a girl left on an island. I would recommend it to anyone. This series is so beautiful.
Island of the Blue Dolphins is an emotional,beautiful story about a young girl named Karana who's home is the island of the blue dolphins.But when a storm approaches, her tribe has to leave before the storm crashes the ship ,but when Karana's brother got left behind she did a bold action, and let her self fall behind as well with him.So she had to learn how to survive on the Island. In my opinion this book is one of the best ones I have ever read I believe that it's a lesson teaching story that brings out tears, happiness, and sorrow.
This book is about a girl named Karana who lives on a island with all of her people. That all stopped when the auluets came to hunt otter but became very mean and killed most of the tribe. Soon after that the rest of the tribe left. Karana is alone.
it was not that great of a book. It was very boring. i did not want to keep reading it. Lots of dead people and it was on of the worst books i read
It is a complicated story with a bunch of dead people and it was very sad. It did not get you very hooked into the story.