Winner of the Newberry Medal. The true story of a young American Indian girl's struggle for survival. Twelve-year-old Karana escapes death at the hands of treacherous hunters, only to find herself entirely alone, on a harsh and desolate island. The Robinson Crusoe life she is forced to live and her fight for survival, in the face of all sorts of dangers, make gripping and inspiring reading
Summary
Based on the true story of an Indian girl, Karana, who was abandoned. at the age of twelve, on a fierce and desolate island off the coast of California and survived alone for eighteen years