Status
Available
Collection
DDC/MDS
| 813.54 |
Description
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.
Media reviews
Based on actual events, this is an adventure story of an Indian girl living on the island of San Nicolas off the California coast. With her adaptability and resilience, she survived alone on the island for eighteen years. Some cultural information on island lifeways is included. Illustrated with
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twelve full-page watercolors. Show Less
Saturday Review
Convincing and beautifully written. A fact-based tale...it manages to have warmth and suspense.
Horn Book
Years of research must have gone into this book to turn historical fact into so moving and lasting an experience.
Publication
Dell Yearling (1971)