Island of the Blue Dolphin / The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island (West of the West) Part 1

Published 2022-06-09
The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island – The story of the person known variously as Juana Maria, the Lone Woman, or Karana in the children’s classic Island of the Blue Dolphins, is familiar to many people. While comparing her incredible real life adventure of surviving alone on San Nicolas for 18 years to the story in the book, we uncover new facts about her life as well as that of the book’s writer Scott O'Dell.

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All Comments (15)
  • @morskojvolk
    I read this as a child. The story fills me with sadness to this day whenever I think of it.
  • We read the book in class for school and then watched the movie in class in the fourth grade when I was ten and I never forgot either of them. I was fascinated by this story and I still am as an adult, especially with all the new information that’s come to light about the Lone Woman and her people in recent years.
  • I remember reading the Island of the Blue Dolphin in 3rd grade. The story has stayed with me since then, especially since we could see the Islands when we would go to the beach in Ventura.
  • @mecahhannah
    Awesome as always thanks i always loved the book it's still one of favorites to this day!❤
  • @tracym6652
    I'm from canada and we read it in 6th grade. I was always fascinated by the story. Sad and courageous
  • I read the book in 4th grade like everyone else. It was massively formative for me, and it has never left my memory. It's always stuck with me as one of my top favorite books I've ever read and I still have a copy my step grandmother had years ago that she let me keep. I still read it every once in a while. I dream of visiting that island but as it's still Navy owned, I have to wonder if that's ever going to be possible.
  • @matthewmann8969
    And the thing is most of the tribe was killed not by Europeans but by Aleutians yeah.