{"product_id":"island-of-the-blue-dolphinsisbn-9780307243164","title":"Island of the Blue Dolphins","description":"In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea.  Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephants and sea birds abound.  Once, Indians also lived on the island.  And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins.  Year after year, she watched one season pass into another and waited for a ship to take her away.  But while she waited, she kept herself alive by building a shelter, making weapons, finding food, and fighting her enemies, the wild dogs.  It is not only an unusual adventure of survival, but also a tale of natural beauty and personal discovery.\u003cb\u003eScott O'Dell \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Los Angeles, California, on May 23, 1898. He attended Occidental College, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Stanford University, and University of Rome. He worked as a technical director for Paramount, a cameraman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and a book editor of a Los Angeles newspaper before serving in the United States Air Force during World War II. The recipient of numerous book awards, he established the Scott O'Dell award for historical fiction in 1981. He died on October 15, 1989.\u003cb\u003eAn Excerpt from\u003ci\u003e Island of the Blue Dolphins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        There are no trees on the island except the small ones stunted by the \u003cbr\u003e        wind. When a log came ashore, as happened once in a long time, it was \u003cbr\u003e        always carried to the village and worked on where a chance wave could \u003cbr\u003e        not wash it away. That the men were sent to hollow out the log in the \u003cbr\u003e        cove, and to sleep beside it during the night, meant that they were there \u003cbr\u003e        to watch the Aleuts, to give the alarm should Captain Orlov try to sail \u003cbr\u003e        off without paying us for the otter skins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        Everyone was afraid he might, so besides the men in the cove who watch \u003cbr\u003e        the Aleut ship, others kept watch on the camp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        Every hour someone brought news. Ulape said that the Aleut woman spent \u003cbr\u003e        a whole afternoon cleaning her skin aprons, which she had not done before \u003cbr\u003e        while she had been there. Early one morning, Ramo said he had just seen \u003cbr\u003e        Captain Orlov carefully trimming his beard so that it looked the way it \u003cbr\u003e        did when he first came. The Aleuts who sharpened the log spears stopped \u003cbr\u003e        this work and gave all their time to skinning the otter which were brought \u003cbr\u003e        in at dusk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        We in the village of Ghalas-at knew that Captain Orlov and his hunters \u003cbr\u003e        were getting ready to leave the island. Would he pay us for the otter \u003cbr\u003e        he had slain or would he try to sneak away in the night? Would our men \u003cbr\u003e        have to fight for our rightful share?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        These questions everyone asked while the Aleuts went about their preparations \u003cbr\u003e        -- everyone except my father, who said nothing, but each night worked \u003cbr\u003e        on the new spear he was making.","brand":"Listening Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303453216997,"sku":"NP9780307243164","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780307243164_f6059d52-478c-44f3-bd09-6c6715b2feee.jpg?v=1730754357","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/island-of-the-blue-dolphinsisbn-9780307243164","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}