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by: Scott O'Dell
Karana is an Indian girl stranded alone on an island. While waiting years for a ship to come near and rescue her, she finds inventive ways of living on an island inhabited by wild dogs. She makes a cave house, creates her own tools, finds food, and survives many years on her own.
Genre: Historical fiction
Spelling Words: coast, feast, speech, wheat, Spain, paint, arrow, needle, charcoal, praise, faint, maintain, crease, groan, breeze, willow, appeal, bowling, complain, sneeze
Vocabulary Word - Meaning
gnawed - bitten at or worn away
headland- a narrow ridge of high land jutting out into the water
kelp- any of various large, tough, brown seaweeds
lair- den or resting place of a wild animal
ravine- a long, deep, narrow, valley eroded by running water
shellfish- a water animal with a shell
sinew- tendon
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