The Newberry Medal-winning story of a 12-year old girl who lives alone on a Pacific island after she leaps from a rescue ship. Isolated on the island for eighteen years, Karana forages for food, builds weapons to fight predators, clothes herself in a cormorant feathered skirt, and finds strength and peace in her seclusion.
本书曾荣获纽伯瑞儿童文学奖金奖、国际安徒生奖等七项儿童文学大奖。太平洋中有一个岛屿,形状像一条侧躺的海豚。岛的周围有海豚在游泳,有海獭在嬉戏,有海象在争雄,有野狗在决斗……以前,在这个岛上住着印第安人,他们受到捕猎海獭的阿留申人的杀害,后来离开这个岛到东方去居住。他们离开时,留下一位小姑娘——卡拉娜。她在岛上孤零零地生活了十八年,等待援救的船只到来。她独自修建住所,制造武器和捕鱼用具,与野狗斗争,历尽艰险才得以生存下来。
By Scott O'Dell, Simplified Chinese characters(Paperback), Traditional Chinese characters(Hardcover), 174-250 pages, 7.9"x5.9"