Island of the Blue Dolphins

Title: Island of the Blue Dolphins

Author: Scott O’Dell

Plot: Once, Indians lived on an island in the Pacific that looked like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. When they left, one girl was left behind along with her brother. This girl’s name was Karana. Karana and her brother lived on the island for a couple of days when one morning Karana found her brother dead. Wild dogs had killed him. Karana was left alone on the island with nothing but an abandoned village and hopes of a ship returning to the island to get her. While she waited, she built her own shelter, made weapons, hunted for food, and fought wild animals. She also made friends with one of the wild dogs, which she named Rontu. Her and Rontu lived on the island happily when one day a ship came to the Island of the Blue Dolphins. The ship hadn’t come to take her away but to hunt for food. She knew these people were once enemies of her village people, so she stayed away from them. Unfortunately, a girl that had come with them had followed her footsteps and found where she lived. Luckily, she didn’t report Karana but befriended her. They had fun exchanging words for different various items they would point to since they both spoke a different