Island of the Blue Dolphins

THE ISLAND of the
BLUE DOLPHINS

The author of this book is a great writer that has written many books, and this mans’ name is Scott O’Dell. Scott was born in Los Angles and currently lives in Stoneapple Farm, Julian, an 1870 gold mining town in the mountains of San Diego with his wife. One of his books is called the ‘Country of the Sun’ on the history of Southern California. He has written many other books that are very famous in America and around the world.

This book was about a truely courageous girl named Karana who spends 18 years on the Island of the Blue Dolphin alone. The Aleuts who were Russians killed half of her Tribe {named Ghalasat}. The Aleuts came to kill otter promising that they will split the catch 50:50. After the Aleuts were finished they broke there promise and the two sides got in a fight that killed most of the men of Ghalasaat. The next summer another ship came however it wasn’t the Aleuts ship but some people who were going to take them...