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Title:  Island of the Blue Dolphins
Author:  Scott O'Dell

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Reviewer:  Hannah H. '11

The book, Island of the Blue Dolphins , is very interesting. Karana is a girl who lives with her village of Ghalas-at on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Then the Aluets come for some otter skins and kill Karana's father. Later they come back to take her village to a new land and Ramo( Karana's brother) is left behind for he forgot his bows and arrows! A little while after, Ramo is killed by the wild dogs and Karana is left to live by herself. Will she ever survive?....

Spring 2004
 
Reviewer:  Rachel S.’08

Deenie is about a mother who wants her daughter to become a model and have her pictures all over the magazines. When Deenie tries out to be a cheerleader, her gym teacher notices that her back is crooked. She goes to a doctor and finds out that she has scoliosis, which means a curvature of the spine. He says she will have to wear a brace all of the time. Will her friends and the boys think she's weird with a brace? Read the book to find out what happens.

Winter 2001
Reviewer:  Lauren L. ’08

I read Island Of The Blue Dolphins by Scott O’dell. It was my first super reader book. It was an amazing book and I never got bored with it.

The book is about a girl named Won-a-pa-lei and her secret name is Karana. She lives in a village called Ghalasat where her father is chief. It was just a regular day when a ship arrived at the island. The people on the ship were called the Aleunts. They killed many people from Ghalasat including Karana’s father. Soon after that another ship came and took the whole away. But this ship forgets two people. Karana and her brother Ramo are left behind.

Find out how Karana and Ramo survive on the island with a wild pack of dogs trying to kill them.

Fall 2000
Reviewer:  Ilana R. '07

Island of the Blue Dolphins is about a girl who lives with her tribe on an island. Sailors come and help her tribe leave the island for a safer place. Her brother is left on the island. She jumps off the ship to stay on the island with him.

She decides to make a home for them. It is hard for her because she has to find a spot where the wild dogs won’t get them. The book explores her adventures with the animals and how she lives on the island with them.

I would recommend Island of the Blue Dolphins to a person who likes reading adventures about children. I liked the book because it gave a lot of details about how the main character survived through tough situations.

10/12/99


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