Island of the blue dolphins

I chose this novel because it’s an outstanding recreation of a real life story about young Indian woman named Karana who lived on an island for eighteen years all alone. Constantly fighting wild dogs for food, avoiding the white men who had killed her father, and taking shelter is just part of the struggle Karana had through -out her ordeal.

It all started out one day when a member of Karana’s tribe had spotted ships on the horizon. The white men had come. This is one of the things Karana’s tribe feared the most. When the white men came last time, they almost hunted the otter to a point of no existence leaving only a few for the Indians to eat and make clothes from.

When the white men had landed, Karana’s father the chief, was waiting at the shoreline with the best of his warriors. After a talk with the chief, the captain of the white men’s ship made a bargain. They were to hunt otter and in return give 25% of their catch and a chest full of the finest beads, silks, and jewelry to the Indian tribe.