Book Club on May 24th

In Island of the Blue Dolphins, O’Dell tells the story of Karana, a Native American girl who survives alone on a wild, isolated island for many years in the mid-1800s. Karana is tested by her environment, even though it is a familiar one. The story is also about what it means to be human: Karana shows emotional and moral courage as she copes with a terrible loss. In the words of one reader, the novel is
“A sad story, yes; but the sadness . . . is of a singularly inspiring kind.”