Island of the Blue Dolphins Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 27 Summary

Chapter 27 Summary

The summer comes and it is hot and humid with no wind. Rontu-Aru does not like the warm weather so Karana leaves him at home much of the time. On the hottest day of summer, she shields her eyes with wood and pulls her canoe up on the sandspit to repair any cracks that need fixing. When the sun reaches the high point of the sky she turns the canoe over and sleeps under it. She is soon awakened by what she believes to be thunder but when she jumps up she finds no clouds in the sky. The tide is lower than she has ever seen and the rocks and reefs usually unseen stand bare as if she has woken up on a different island. The air is tight and there are strange sounds.

Karana looks out to see and sees a huge white wave coming toward the shore....
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