this family movie tells the adventures of a young Native American girl. After her father is killed by a malevolent white trapper, Karana joins her community as they leave their island home in the ...

and became the inspiration for “Island of the Blue Dolphins,” one of the 20th century’s most popular novels for young readers. The problem for Schwartz was that San Nicolas, a wind-raked ...

American author Scott O'Dell penned 26 children's novels over the course of his career, but his most popular by far is Island of the Blue Dolphins. The haunting—and at times harrowing—story ...

A documentary about the true story that inspired the novel Island of the Blue Dolphins, telling the story of a 12 year-old Native American girl who was left alone for 18 years on San Nicolas ...

Island of the Blue Dolphins is based on the true story of ... Just do yourself a favor and skip the ridiculous, white-washed movie. Like most young girls, I gravitated toward books about young ...

What is it about living off the land that’s attractive to so many kids? Now we have The Hunger Games and other bleak books, but when I was a kid, everybody was all about the classic survival ...

San Nicolas Island is the setting for the popular 1960 children’s novel Island of the Blue Dolphins, which draws from the story of Juana Maria, a Native Islander woman who spent 18 years alone ...

DOLPHINS; MISSIONARY; NARRATOR, AS CAST. Indigenous, aged 30-50. Physically adept at mime with props and able to run. Please prepare 2 contemporary contrasting monologues no longer than 2 minutes ...

Equity actors for roles in ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS. Local actors encouraged to attend. All stage managerial positions have been filled. The Laguna Playhouse is dedicated to building an ...