Island of the Blue Dolphins

This book shows her strong will and if you have strenght you can do anything. It shows not to depend on anyoneles and to try not to give up. I liked this book because it was very exciting and it kept you in climax all most the whole time. When I started i couldnt stop. Its a very good story and shows that you can do anything if you try.

Island of the Blue Dolphins > Customer Review #3:

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Awsome Book!

I am a 7th grade middle school student at Kopachuck Middle School. I enjoyed this book very much. I think one of the key reasons I enjoyed this book so much is because of the way Scott ODell decided to write from Karanas point of view. Karanas amazing adventure to survive on the island she was born and raised on was fascinating to me. Karana and her village were going to be taken to another island on a large ship, But as the ship is leaving the shore and is out at sea Karana cant find her younger brother Ramo any were. She looks to the shore and there he is running along the cliff with his fishing spear in hand. She tries to get the ship to return to shore but it wont because of strong winds. She dives from the ship and swims to shore. The ship leaves with out them. Tragedy strikes on the first night they are left alone on the island. Ramo, while off exploring is attacked and killed by a pack of wild dogs. Karana happens to see the face and eyes of the pack leader, she will remember them always. Karana, now alone on the island has to survive until the ship returns, if it ever does. While on the island she has to hunt for food and keep it away from the pack of wild dogs still roaming the hills. She builds a new shelter and creates weapons from the materials around her. One of the most surprising elements of the story is when Karana befriends the leader of the wild dogs and calls him Rontu. Rontu soon becomes Karanas best friend. He lives with and protects her. For a long while Rontu and Karana hunted together. Then one day Rontu and Karana were testing a canoe and exploring caves when they came upon a "devilfish". A devilfish is an octopus or squid. For many days they hunted it. Then they killed it. They had many adventures together. There are more surprises in the book. There were a lot of tragedies in this story, but I think that is what made this story so fascinating and it always had me at the edge of my seat. This book is the first of Scott ODells books that I have read. Every time I read it, it still keeps me drawn in to the story. This is probably my favorite book.

Review by Nikki

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