description: Liz and Jack Sutherland have the perfect happy marriage, successful joint law practice, and five wonderful children. It falls apart when a disgruntled client shoots Jack, on Christmas morning. Suddenly, Liz is alone, trying to be both mother and father to the devastated children. She struggles to keep the practice going and to coach her youngest for the Special Olympics. Then, a few weeks before Labor Day, the oldest child is in a devastating accident. Doctor Bill Webster becomes friends with Liz as he slowly heals her shattered son. Soon she is starting to think of living again but her children fear she is forgetting their father. A book about hope, this is classic Steel."Everything Steel fans expect...among other things a book about hope." (amazon.com)
language: English
title: Island of the Blue Dolphins
titlecomplete: Island of the Blue Dolphins
characters: Karana
genres: Classics, Adventure, Historical, Childrens, Survival, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 326684
places: Island of the Blue Dolphins, California
series: Island of the Blue Dolphins
awards: awardedAt: -283968000000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: -283968000000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, awardedAt: -189360000000
name: Nene Award, awardedAt: -252432000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: -220896000000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Jugendbuch, awardedAt: -220896000000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award
publisher: Books on Tape