island of the blue dolphins

sandspit

• a point of sand extending out into the water
• from a beach

brackish

• salty

awl

• pointed instrument for piercing 
• small holes

cholla

• a spiny cactus with cylinbrical styem

nettles

• herbs covered with stinging hairs

chap 8

• karana and ramo are stranded on the island
• after Ramo goes missing he is found dead
• karana vowed she would kill the wild dogs

chap 9

• karana burnt down the village
• she made weapons
• winter and spring passed and  the aleuts did not return

chap 10

• karana left the island in a canoe
• after she left she found a hole was in it
• she new she could not make it so she turned back

chap 11

• karana started to find a place for her new home
• she knew she would never leave the island again
• karana planned to build a house and fence on the head land

chap 12

• karana made a fence
• she finished her house
• she planned to kill a sea elephant

Chap 13

• she hurt her leg after tripping over a rock
• she used the weapons she made
• Karana tried to kill a sea elephant but failed

Chap 14

• karana had to crawl to get water after hurting her leg
• the wild dogs were there so she took shelter in a cave
• she made the cave into a second home
• she found sea elephant teeth on shore to use for arrows

chap 15

• karana put a fire in the dog cave to draw them out
• she wounded the leader
• she found the leader and took him home with her to help him
• she kept him as a pet and named him rontu

Island of the blue dolphins

• scott o'dell
• mcDougal littell
• 1960

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