Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Ready Reference Treatise: Island of the Blue Dolphins
    Ready Reference Treatise: Island of the Blue Dolphins
    Ready Reference Treatise: Island of the Blue Dolphins
    Ebook45 pages38 minutes

    Ready Reference Treatise: Island of the Blue Dolphins

    By Raja Sharma

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    “Island of the Blue Dolphins” by Scott O’Dell was first published in 1960. It is a children’s novel. The story of the novel revolves around a young girl who remains stranded on an island off the California coast for several years.

    The novel is based on the true story of Juana Maria. She was a Nicoleno Native American who had spent eighteen years alone on San Nicolas Island in the 19th century.

    Ready Reference Treatise: Island of the Blue Dolphins
    Copyright
    Chapter One: Introduction
    Chapter Two: Plot Overview
    Chapter Three: Major Characters
    Chapter Four: Complete Summary
    Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateSep 2, 2015
    ISBN9781311891723
    Ready Reference Treatise: Island of the Blue Dolphins
    Author

    Raja Sharma

    Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

    Read more from Raja Sharma

    Related authors

    Related to Ready Reference Treatise

    Titles in the series (100)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Study Guides For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      The Casco Bay Death Ship

      Mar 31, 2020

      The Casco Bay Death Ship
      4 min read

    • Article

      When the Whales Leave

      Sep 3, 2020

      YURI RYTKHEU Milkweed Editions, 2020. $14, 136 pages. A YOUNG WOMAN named Nau lives alone on the edge of an Arctic sea, where she falls in love with a whale. The whale, Reu, returns her adoration, and transforms into a man’s body to live with her. “W

      3 min read

    • Article

      More Things In Heaven

      Dec 10, 2021

      It’s the deep mid-winter, when sailors check their warps, settle down in lamp-lit saloons, top up their bogey stoves and pour themselves a dram. If they’re in tune with the outside world, they’ll also shut off the flickering screens, kill the music m

      5 min read

    • Article

      READER Reviews

      Apr 8, 2020

      One of my favourite parts of this book is the map because it maps out the routes that all the female adventurers took. Each of the women went on their own adventures and through this book, I got to explore with them. Most of the time, the journeys we

      5 min read

    • Article

      Are mermaids REAL?

      Jan 19, 2021

      Are mermaids REAL?
      2 min read

    • Article

      6 Watery Folklore Wonders

      Mar 25, 2021

      6 Watery Folklore Wonders
      5 min read

    • Article

      Reviews By Pbo Readers And Writers

      Nov 28, 2019

      After spending the past two years voyaging through the Pacific, on a boat with an engine and plenty of the electronic gear that Lin and Larry Pardey had previously chosen to sail without, Lin has been able to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages

      2 min read

    • Article

      Birds Of Philippine Myth

      Oct 1, 2020

      Birds Of Philippine Myth
      3 min read

    • Article

      Mark The Spot

      Jul 10, 2023

      Mark The Spot
      6 min read

    • Article

      Crocodile Escapades

      Dec 1, 2021

      Crocodile Escapades
      8 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Jul 10, 2020

      I am delighted to see that Slocum features in your second, online, list. Among my own favourites are The Sea Is For Sailing by Peter Pye and Once is Enough by Miles Smeeton; very surprising omissions, if I may say so. However, what really prompts me

      5 min read

    • Article

      The Lives Of War Prisoners And An Ex-spy

      Apr 19, 2024

      Don’t allow yourself to be put off by the cumbersome title because this is a good book. South Africa’s contribution to the Allied cause in the north African deserts and Abyssinia is well known – less so that it resulted in upwards of 100 000 Italian

      2 min read

    • Article

      Mercy Mission

      Apr 23, 2020

      Paul Gallico 1st published 1941 (illustrated by Peter Scott 1946) Frith, a shy village girl, has brought an injured goose to the deformed and solitary Philip Rhayader who lives alone in a lighthouse on the Essex marshes. A cautious friendship has beg

      3 min read

    • Article

      Waiting For A Queen To Fly

      May 15, 2019

      Waiting For A Queen To Fly
      10 min read

    • Article

      White Knuckles And Wide Eyes

      May 20, 2020

      White Knuckles And Wide Eyes
      4 min read

    • Article

      Temptation

      Dec 28, 2021

      Temptation
      6 min read

    • Article

      Logjammed

      Apr 19, 2021

      Logjammed
      6 min read

    • Article

      From Gorge River To The World

      Sep 22, 2022

      Working in Antarctica, sailing the Northwest Passage, writing an autobiography – a serious adventurer might add these to their bucket list. Thirty-yearold Chris Long, the oldest child of New Zealand's remotest family, has already ticked them off. Lon

      2 min read

    • Article

      Drifting Into Antiquity

      Aug 20, 2019

      Drifting Into Antiquity
      11 min read

    • Article

      A Child Of The Sea

      May 17, 2022

      One of the more seductive features of sailing, and of bluewater cruising in particular, is its intense sense of community. We are, I’ve always liked to think, a small tribe spread out over a very large territory. Our paths crisscross in seemingly mir

      3 min read

    • Article

      Home & away

      Oct 30, 2022

      Home & away
      3 min read

    • Article

      A Heavy Heart

      Aug 18, 2020

      A Heavy Heart
      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Ready Reference Treatise

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Ready Reference Treatise - Raja Sharma

      Ready Reference Treatise: Island of the Blue Dolphins

      Copyright

      Ready Reference Treatise: Island of the Blue Dolphins

      Raja Sharma

      Copyright@2015 Raja Sharma

      Smashwords Edition

      All rights reserved

      Chapter One: Introduction

      Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell was first published in 1960. It is a children’s novel. The story of the novel revolves around a young girl who is stranded on an island off the California coast for several years.

      The novel is based on the true story of Juana Maria. She was a Nicoleno Native American who had spent eighteen years alone on San Nicolas Island in the 19th century.

      The book was the winner of the Newbery Medal in the year 1961. Later in the year 1964, it was adapted into a movie with the same title. The author wrote its sequel, Zia, which was published in the year 1976.

      In real life, when that Native American woman was rescued, the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island became famous because of that woman’s strange story.

      Only after a few weeks of her rescue and moving to the mainland, that woman passed away. It is said that the woman was a tourist attraction and people remembered her story for several decades even after her death.

      Once, O’Dell was researching a nonfiction book about California when he suddenly knew about this incident. He decided to write a novel about her life.

      It was originally not intended to be a children’s book. His friend Maud Lovelace, a children’s writer, advised O’Dell to write the book for children.

      While writing the book, the author fictionalized several aspects of the real story. In the true story, the woman was an adult when she was left behind on that island and she was rescued when she was in her fifties.

      No one knows the real name of the woman but it is reported that she used to live in a cave. She used to spend her time making jewelry for herself. However, most of the things about her remain mysterious.

      Major part of the present novel is based on author’s speculations rather than fact. The protagonist in the present novel has been deliberately presented as a younger girl to attract young readers.

      The book immediately became a bestseller when it was published. The novel also describes the difficulties which the woman had to face after her being rescued. She found it very difficult to adjust to the life on the mainland.

      Island of the Blue Dolphins is not only an interesting and absorbing story, it also tells us about the life of Native Americans.

      Chapter Two: Plot Overview

      Karana is the protagonist and the central character. Ramo is her brother who is very curious and very often his curiosity brings trouble.

      Karana and her tribe live in a village called Ghalas. The people of that tribe have very meager resources and they survive by means of gathering roots and fishing.

      One

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1