chanelearl 's review for:

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

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I went through a sort of survivalist-kids-living-alone-and-taking-care-of-themselves phase when I was younger. One of the big differences between this book and all the others I read (The Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain, The Boxcar Children, for example) is that this is the only book I read where it is a single girl surviving on her own. All of the others feature boys or sibling groups. This is also the only one in a tropical setting, and the only one featuring dolphins (although they are not really important to the story). The female protagonist and the setting made it an obvious favorite.

Even as an adult, I enjoyed this book. It had a lot of interesting details and was easy to read. I hope my daughters read it someday.