Island of the blue dolphins

About this book

The novel is based on the true story of Juana Maria, the "Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island", a Nicoleño Indian left alone for 18 years on San Nicolas Island, one of the Channel Islands, off the California coast before being "rescued" in 1853.One version of Juana Maria's story is she lived with others of her tribe on the island, and then a Russian ship brought Alaskan Aleuts to the island to hunt otter, after which the Aleuts killed all the men on the island and made the women their slaves. Ultim