This is the first authoritative edition of one of the most
significant children's books of the twentieth century. Winner of
the 1961 Newbery Medal, Island of the Blue Dolphins tells the story
of a girl left alone for eighteen years in the aftermath of violent
encounters with Europeans on her home island off the coast of
Southern California. This special edition includes two excised
chapters, published here for the first time, as well as a critical
introduction and essays that offer new background on the
archaeological, legal, and colonial histories of Native peoples in
California. Sara L. Schwebel explores the composition history and
editorial decisions made by author Scott O'Dell that ensured the
success of Island of the Blue Dolphins at a time when second-wave
feminism, the civil rights movement, and multicultural education
increasingly influenced which books were taught. This edition also
considers how readers might approach the book today, when new
archaeological evidence is emerging about the "Lone Woman of San
Nicolas Island," on whom O'Dell's story is based, and Native
peoples are engaged in the reclamation of indigenous histories and
ongoing struggles for political sovereignty.
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