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Book Review of Zia

Zia
Zia
Author: Scott O'Dell
Genre: Children's Books
Book Type: Paperback
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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.