by Scott O´Dell · Oetinger Friedrich GmbH · tapa dura · ISBN 9783789115684
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«Insel der blauen Delphine» is the young-adult novel by Scott O'Dell, published by Oetinger Friedrich GmbH in hardcover (173 pages, in German).
Karana, a young indigenous woman, is left alone on a Pacific island after her tribe departs. To survive, she learns to hunt, make weapons, and build a shelter, while living among dolphins and other animals and waiting for a ship. The story is inspired by a real event off the coast of California.
First part of the Island of the Blue Dolphins series. German edition translated by Roswitha Plancherel-Walter, winner of the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis.
Aimed at young readers aged 12 and up, especially fans of adventure and survival stories.
Scott O'Dell was an American writer of 26 novels for young people, along with three novels for adults and four nonfiction books. He wrote historical fiction, primarily, including several children's novels about historical California and Mexico. For his contribution as a children's writer he received the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1972, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. He received The University of Southern Mississippi Medallion in 1976 and the Catholic Libraries Association Regina Medal in 1978.
