Karana's story takes place on an island where she is isolated from civilization.
Her best friend, Rontu, is from the pack of dogs that killed her brother Ramo; doubly significant in the measure of her forgiveness is that Rontu comes from the Aleut tribe responsible for the deaths of so many of her people. Karana's forgiving nature surfaces again when she becomes friends with Tutok, the Aleut girl.
Karana learns not to judge an individual by a tribe or a tribe by an individual. Her rejection of prejudice— based on.....
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