Island of the Blue Dolphins Author: Scott O"Dell Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co 1990 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. ... The new ship had stumbled across the small island, The Island of the Blue Dolphins, had come to take the surviving Indians to their country. ... She could see his faint figure off in the distance on the island flailing his arms like crazy. ... All alone on this island, she would have to fend for her self, fight for her life, a...

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• Grade Level: High School

A large wave comes screaming towards the island, the ground shaking . This fictional book is called, Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O"Dell. ... A girl gets stuck on the island all alone. ... He is adventurous and curious, like a dolphin. ... What happens to the island? ...

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• Has Bibliography
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A Little Island in Texas As soon as we crossed the state line the dry heat sweltered as though we hadn't entered a state, rather we had encountered a ferocious desert. ... I thought to myself, "One whole week stranded on a desert island with temperatures in the upper 90s during the day?" ... After settling in to the raggedy home, I subconsciously began to fall in love with the tourist-inhabited South Padre Island, Texas. ... A most amazing sight drew me back from my tranquility, a family of dolphins meandered their way in and out of the water, puffing water out of their blowholes l...

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Usually, at the mention of beaches, we'd think of warm golden sand and glittering blue water. ... Not only that, in the Bay of Islands there are opportunities to swim with dolphins, something not many people have had the chance to do in their entire lives. If sandy beaches aren't your 'kinda thang', Goat Island has amazing, crystal clear rock pools with all sorts of sea creatures and an opportunity to ride on a glass-bottomed boat. ...

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Also you could picture the pool as being as blue as the sky and a waterfall next to is as beautiful as Niagara Falls. ... There could also be dolphins or whales or any animals in the water you want because it's your imagination. ... Another thing is that in the book they emphasized that long island went all the way from east egg to Manhattan but the movie never showed any place but the eggs. ...

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To Feed Or Not To Feed: That Is The Question SHARK!!! . . . What is the first thing that comes to mind when people hear that word. They probably think of a huge, man-eating, great white shark chomping on some unsuspecting swimmer. Why do people react to the word shark that way. ...

• Word Count: 7237
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School