Status
Available
Call number
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.
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Publication
Random House Childrens Books (1978), 189 pages
Subjects
Awards
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 1963)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1963)
Newbery Medal (Medal Winner — 1961)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 1961-1962)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 1964)
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1961)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Winner — Elementary — 1982)
FOCAL Award (1981)
IBBY Honour Book (1962)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — 1983)
Kid's Choice Award (Nominee — 2007)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (12th Edition: 1996-1998)
Language
Original publication date
1960
Physical description
189 p.; 6.7 inches
ISBN
0440940001 / 9780440940005