ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
by Scott O'Dell
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395536804
- ISBN 13
- 9780395536803
- Seller
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990. First Edition, 9th Printing . Hardcover. New/Fine. Ted Lewin (Illustrator). Text/NEW & Bright. 1990 First Edition, 9th Printing. Gilt embossed blue linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. Celebrated 1960 work of American author Scott O'Dell (1898-1989), descendant of Sir Walter Scott, wrote for both young people & adults. This is one of O'Dell's best known works --- translated to 17 languages, winner of the Newbery Medal, and adapted to film. Based on the true story of a North America Indian girl who jumps ship to be with her younger brother who had been cast off on the Island of Blue Dolphins in the Pacific Ocean. The small barren island is so named for being used as a temporal stop for hunters of sea otters. Story of Karana, after her brother is killed by a pack of wild dogs, now living alone in an hospitable land, finds serenity in the face of deep spiritual & physical trails. 181 pges w/color illustrations from Ted Lewin (1935-2021).
Synopsis
Island of the Blue Dolphins is an American children's novel written by Scott O'Dell. The novel was published in 1960, winning the Newbery Medal in 1961, and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1963.
Reviews
On Apr 2 2013, Fireflower537 said:
This is one of Scott O'Dell's best books. It is a beautiful story about a girl surviving alone on an island after her people leave after a great tragedy.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020880
- Title
- ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
- Author
- Scott O'Dell
- Illustrator
- Ted Lewin (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 9th Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395536804
- ISBN 13
- 9780395536803
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 181
- Keywords
- Fiction, Juvenile Literature, 1800's Pacific Island, Loneliness & Hunger
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