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Book Reviews of Zia

Zia
Zia
Author: Scott O'Dell
ISBN-13: 9780440410010
ISBN-10: 0440410010
Publication Date: 1/1/1995
Pages: 192
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 18 ratings
Publisher: Yearling
Book Type: Paperback
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4 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Zia on + 3352 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
An excellent sequel to Island of Blue Dolphins. Also gives some info about California Mission indians. Readers will empathize with the characters.
SouthWestZippy avatar reviewed Zia on + 265 more book reviews
Taken from the back cover of the book.
When fourteen-year-old Zia and her brother Mando, find a boat cast up on the beach near the Santa Barbara mission, they are determined to make the voyage out to the far island-the Island of the Blue Dolphins-where Karana, their aunt, had been left behind nearly eighteen years before, and rescue her. I still recommend reading it, it does tie up some loss ends to the first book.

And so, with a piece of cloth for a sail, a fish hook, a compass, and no sailing experience, Zia and Mando set out in their eighteen-foot boat for the sixty-mile journey, a journey filled with danger and adventure-and a reunion."

That just about says it all. The book was not as inviting as Island of the Blue Dolphins. The story is good but not great. I am finding it hard to explain what is missing but It lacks the strong soul the first book had.
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This is the sequel to "Island of the Blue Dolphins".

When 14-year-old Zia and her brother, Mando, find a boat cast up on the beach near the Santa Barbara mission, they are determined to make the voyage out to the far island - the Island of the Blue Dolphins - where Karana, their aunt, had been left behind nearly 18 years before, and rescue her. And so, with a piece of cloth for a sail, a fish hook, a compass, and no sailing experience, Zia and Mando set out in their 18-foot boat for the 60-mile journey, a journey filled wtih danger and adventure - and a reunion.
AimeeM avatar reviewed Zia on + 124 more book reviews
The sequel to Island of the Blue Dolphins.
A very enjoyable read.