Dear Miss Karana

“This engaging story is told by a ten-year-old Native American girl living on a reservation . . . a rich resource of native culture and language.” — Native Talk While reading Island of the Blue Dolphins at school and learning about the real woman stranded on San Nicolás Island, ten-year-old Tíshmal begins writing emails to “Miss Karana” in hopes of talking to her spirit. When she arrived on the mainland of Southern California, Miss Karana spoke a language that no one could understand even back t