Island of the Blue Dolphins is an emotional,beautiful story about a young girl named Karana who's home is the island of the blue dolphins.But when a storm approaches, her tribe has to leave before the storm crashes the ship ,but when Karana's brother got left behind she did a bold action, and let her self fall behind as well with him.So she had to learn how to survive on the Island. In my opinion this book is one of the best ones I have ever read I believe that it's a lesson teaching story that brings out tears, happiness, and sorrow.