Books like Island of the Blue Dolphins
If you liked Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Call of the Wild
Because shares tags: classics, survival, nature.
Stolen pet Buck learns club and fang on the Klondike trail from Perrault to Thornton and the wolves.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Because shares tags: children, classics, nature.
Eric Carle's hungry caterpillar eats through the week and turns into a butterfly: what the holes, counts, and days teach, and why kids…
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War and Peace
Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction.
Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.
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Things Fall Apart
Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction.
Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…
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The Three Musketeers
Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction.
Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.
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The Name of the Rose
Because shares tags: historical fiction, classics.
Friar William and Adso investigate 1327 abbey deaths amid library labyrinth.
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The Lorax
Because shares tags: children, classics.
The Once-ler fells Truffula Trees for Thneed greed despite the Lorax, who speaks for the trees, warning him to stop.
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The Horse and His Boy
Because shares tags: children, classics.
Shasta and Bree flee Calormen to Narnia with Aravis and Hwin.
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Peter Pan
Because shares tags: classics, children.
Wendy, John and Michael fly to Neverland with Peter, face Hook, and learn what growing up costs.
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Goodnight Moon
Because shares tags: classics, children.
A small bunny says goodnight to each object in the green room in this 1947 bedtime classic.
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Because shares tags: historical fiction, survival.
Pino Lella guides Jews over Alps then drives for Nazis in Milan.
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A Farewell to Arms
Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction.
Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.
