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Island of the Blue Dolphins Study Guide & Plot Synopsis

This Study Guide consists of approximately 84 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Island of the Blue Dolphins.
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Island of the Blue Dolphins is a Newberry award-winning novel, based on a true story about a woman who lives alone on the Island of the Blue Dolphins for eighteen years. The story begins with a twelve-year-old girl named Karana who is part of a tribe in a village called Ghalas-at.

Karana is the girl's secret name, which is only to be used by family members and those close to her. Her public name is Won-a-pa-lei, which means the girl with the long black hair. Her family consists of her six-year-old brother Ramo, her older sister Ulape and her father, the chief of Ghalas-at, Chief Chowig. The tribe members, who have been treated unfairly by the Russians in the past, are the only inhabitants of this little island.

When a ship of Aleuts arrives on the island to hunt otter, Captain Orlov tells Chief Chowig that they are only there...
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This section contains 928 words
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