Competency 5: Tagging

After searching for multicultural literature I came across these tags.

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I picked the book: Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Library thing link:http://www.librarything.com/work/6215

Here is the tag cloud for this book.
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I picked Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell. O'Dell was inspired by the real-life story of a 12-year-old American Indian girl, Karana. The author based his book on the life of this remarkable young woman who, during the evacuation of Ghalas-at (an island off the coast of California), jumped ship to stay with her young brother who had been abandoned on the island. He died shortly thereafter, and Karana fended for herself on the island for 18 years.
O'Dell tells the miraculous story of how Karana forages on land and in the ocean, clothes herself and secures shelter. Perhaps even more startlingly, she finds strength and serenity living alone on the island.

I chose this book because it details the life of a Native American girl and how she lived her life. I read this book as a child and want to reread it in order to recommend it to my students.