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Name of Book: Island of the Blue Dolphins Author: Scott O'Dell ISBN: 0-440-90042-5 Publisher: Yearling book Type of book: Female Robinson Crusoe, Native America, 1800s, stranded, animals, taking care of self Year it was published: 1960 Summary: In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea birds abound. Once, Indians also loved on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind. Karana is the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year she waited for a ship to rescue her. But while she waited, she kept herself alive by building shelter, making weapons, finding food, and fighting her enemies, the wild dogs. Hers is not only an unusual adventure of survival, but also a tale of natural beauty and personal discovery. Characters: There is only one character in the book, Karana. She does ch...

Name of book: To Kill a Mockingbird Author Name: Harper Lee ISBN: 60-7847 Publisher: Popular Library Type of book: Young adult to adult, 1930s, racism, coming of age, South Year it was published: 1960 Summary: (from goodreads.com) The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple lov...