Island of the Blue Dolphins

A reread from my childhood. I listened to it on Playaway...it might be 5 stars if I decide to reread in print, which I might do before the year is out. I'm just having a hard time thinking of it in the same way as other books I've given the top rating.

This is an engaging story of survival on a harsh island. I loved the descriptions of the way Karana painstakingly made her life on the island. It held my interest throughout the whole book even though there were few characters.

I was once again pretty surprised at how little I actually remembered from my first reading. I didn't even remember huge plot points like the circumstances that led to her solitary life. The worst of it is that I think I read this in school or at least as a school project...yikers.