Zia (novel)

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Zia is the sequel to the award-winning Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell. It was published in 1976, fifteen years after the publication of the first novel.

Zia is the 14 year-old niece of Karana, the Indian woman left behind to fend for herself on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Zia believes her aunt is alive, and with the help of her younger brother Mando, set out on a eight-teen foot boat for a sixty mile journey to rescue Karana.

[edit] Editions

• Houghton Mifflin, 1976, ISBN 0395243939 (1st edition)
• Laurel Leaf, 1978, ISBN 0440999049 (paperback)
• Yearling, 1995, ISBN 0440410010 (paperback)
• Laurel Leaf, 1995, ISBN 0440219566 (paperback reprint)
• Rebound by Sagebrush, 1999, ISBN 0881038806 (school/library binding)