Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
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Author: Scott O'DellReader: Tantoo Cardinal
Edition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 1997-03-27
ISBN: 0553474057
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Listening Library
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Book Review: Island of the Blue Dolphins
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the story of Karana, a young Indian girl raised on an island off the coast of California. Supposedly it is based on a true story, and it tells of how she survived on her native island after all of her people were removed and her younger brother was killed. The reader never knows why Karana's people were removed from the island, which would have helped me understand the story a bit better.
While Scott O'Dell is a good storyteller, there are some gaps that I wished he had explained better. For instance, when the Aleuts first came to the island when Karana's father was still living, there seems to be no gap in communications. Somehow the Aleuts can communicate with the natives. When the white men come and cart off Karana's people there again is no communication gap. However, after the Aleuts return to the island many years later, Karana cannot understand the native Aleut girl who befriends her. Finally, when we read of O'Dell's afterward, he tells how Karana cannot communicate with the whites except for sign language.
But this inconsistency doesn't detract from an otherwise well told tale. Karana fends for herself for years on her island. She befriends the leader of the pack of wild dogs that killed her brother, she breaks with tribal tradition concerning women and weapons, she finds food, she builds a shelter, she survives storms, earthquakes, and a tidal wave, and she retains her sanity. This book is well written and moves at a quick pace. Asit is written for children, adults can read it quickly, but without becoming bored with the book.
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