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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O’Dell | 1960 | Children, Young Adult (YA)
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This is a favorite of mine from back in the day. Basically, a girl is left on an island alone for a very long time. The way it ways written made me really feel for the girl-I remember this book as being the first I read that really played with the emotions. I bought a copy for my daughter, but since I thought it was cool she won't read it lol!
  
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Unfamiliar Fishes
Unfamiliar Fishes
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"Perfect for a deserted island, since it is basically the history of the Hawaiian islands and its people. Sarah Vowell's morbid humor and tone make even the darkest and the saddest moments in Hawaiian history, dare I say, enjoyable. From its glorious days with Princess Ka'iulani to her culture-shattering dethroning under Western colonization, Vowell seems to know how to rip your heart wide open while suturing it back up at the same time."

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I loved the heroine in this book!!

     The Merchants Yield is the second book I have read by Lorri Dudley and it is the second book in her Leeward Islands series; all the books can be read as stand-alone but are interconnected by the characters. I really enjoy how Lorri Dudley describes island life, she uses some interesting animals and when she describes the sea its like I can taste it