Zia
is the sequel to the award-winning Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell. It was published in 1976, sixteen years after the publication of the first novel.
Is Island of the Blue Dolphins A Series?
The Island of the Blue Dolphins book series by Scott O'Dell includes books Island of the Blue Dolphins and Zia. See the complete Island of the Blue Dolphins series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.
How old is Karana at the end of the book?
She died, from obscure causes, seven weeks later. O'Dell's novel compresses the interval between the massacre and the evacuation to a single year and makes Karana a
12-year-old
who jumps overboard to rejoin her little brother.
How old is Mando in the book Zia?
About the Book
When
fourteen-year-old
Zia and her brother, Mando, find a boat cast up on the beach near the Santa Barbara mission, they are determined to make the voyage out to the far island — the Island of the Blue Dolphins — where Karana, their aunt, was left behind nearly eighteen years ago, and rescue her.
How long did Karana live on the island alone?
Island of the Blue Dolphins is a work of historical fiction based on the life of an American Indian woman who spent
18 years
in isolation on San Nicolas Island, one of eight Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California. In the book she's named Karana.
How old is Ramo?
Ramo is a curious and mischievous
six-year-old boy
who is the proud informant of everything that happens on the island.
How does Karana finally leave the island?
Karana decides to meet them and she prepares to leave the island. She puts on her otter cape, cormorant skin dress, and black stone necklace. … The men want to hunt sea otters but the otters have gone away. On the tenth day,
the ship
leaves the island with Karana, her dog Rontu-aru, and her two birds in their cage.
What did Karana find out about her people who had left the island many years before?
Karana inquires about the ship that had taken her people many years before, but it is not until much later that she finds out
that it had sunk soon after it reached its destination
.
What is the theme of the story Island of the Blue Dolphins?
One of the central themes is
the importance of friendship
. Karana has been raised to live in harmony with the other members of her community, as well as the creatures of land and sea. Friendship helps all of these creatures to survive, since it inspires them to endure during difficult times.
Why was the island called Island of the Blue Dolphins?
In this way, the title reflects the worldview that Karana will come to adopt:
that the island doesn't belong to her
(if we want to get technical about it, the title implies that the island really belongs to the blue dolphins), but to all the living creatures on it and near it.
Where can I watch Island of the Blue Dolphins?
Vudu
– Island of the Blue Dolphins James B. Clark, Celia Kaye, Larry Domasin, Ann Daniel, Watch Movies & TV Online.
How old was Karana in Island of the Blue Dolphins when she died?
Karana, only
12 years old
at the book's beginning, turns out to be adept at hunting, building and tool-making, and quickly becomes a strong, capable young woman surviving in an unforgiving wilderness.
Why did Karana jump off the ship?
Why did Karana jump from the ship that carried her tribe?
She noticed that the blue dolphins were no longer following it
. She saw her little brother running with his fishing spear along the cliff. She could not bear to leave the place where her father had died.
What happened to the lone woman of San Nicolas Island?
Death. Just seven weeks after arriving on the mainland,
Juana Maria died of dysentery
in Garey, California. … Before she died, Father Sanchez baptized and christened her with the Spanish name Juana Maria. She was buried in an unmarked grave on the Nidever family plot at the Santa Barbara Mission cemetery.
