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Island of the Blue Dolphins

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Scott O'Dell
Scott O'Dell's children's novel about a girl stranded alone on an island off the California coast for eighteen years. Based on the true story of the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island. Simple, devastating, and one of the books that made a generation of readers care about wildness.
Ocean & Coast Fiction California
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Publisher HMH Books for Young Readers;
Published 2010
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