Island of the Blue Dolphins
ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
O'Dell, Scott

The gripping story of young Karana, who survives by herself for eighteen years on a deserted island off the California coast.

Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.