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Far off of the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches.
Here, in the first 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, which beautifully written novel is her story. It is an enchanting adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate an area a near miracle, but Karana had to cope with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and keep maintaining a precarious food supply.
More than this, it can be an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long following the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what things to many is a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.
In celebration of the book's 50th anniversary, this edition has a stunning new look, and an introduction by Lois Lowry, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Giver and Number the Stars.
