I was really worried today because I didn't know what book to read. This is because I finished the "Trials of Apollo" yesterday. Eventually, I decided to read "Island of the Blue Dolphins".The reason this was my book of choice was how my dad is currently reading it. Besides that, I've heard of this book before but never read it since it looked boring. So I figured why not see if its true? Today my post is going to be a summary of what I've read so far and some Google News to finish it off. Let's get started with the summary of "Island of the Blue Dolphins"!  The first thing I did was read the introduction of this book. Apparently, its based on a native American woman who was brought from her homeland island to Santa Barbara. Unfortunately, the woman died a few weeks later after arriving ashore. 

Scott O'Dell is the author of this book and wanted to tell the story of that women. No one knows if this story is what actually happened to the woman but it is the closest hypothesis. Something that Scott O'Dell changed was about the woman herself. In this book she is actually a 12-year-old kid named "Karana" and instead of a child, she has a brother named "Ramo". This is the story of Karana, a Native American girl abandoned by her people. The story starts off with Karana and her brother Ramo gathering roots for their village. While gathering the roots Karana and Ramo see a distant red object floating on the see. Ramo was very excited and started asking her sister (Karana) various questions. It's not like Karana wasn't excited too, it's just that she already knew what it was.

Finally, the ship got close enough that Ramo decided it was a very large canoe. However, Karana knew that it was a ship based on the stories of her people. Ramo ran back to the village in order to inform everyone while Karana stayed gathering roots, she knew they would still need them. After a few minutes, the ship arrived on shore and men started filing out in canoes. Ramo and his people were already there, men in the front and women in the back. The chief was closest to the shore and started talking with the leader of the ship. Karana and the other Native Americans called these men "Aleut" (apparently means Russian). The Aleut explained to the chief of the village (Ramo and Karana's father) that they wanted to hunt for otter around the island. In exchange, they would give the Native Americans 1/3 of their profits.

The Cheif was smart and stood his ground saying that both of them should get 1/2 of the profits. Eventually, the Aleut leader ( Captain Orlov) agreed and started putting up tents for him and his men. The chief warned his people not to visit their tents saying it could be dangerous, the people listened. After a few weeks, Captain Orlov and his men were packing to leave with the pelts they cut off from the otter. Before leaving the chief demanded half of the profits they were supposed to get. Captain Orlov gave them a chest full of necklaces but the chief was not happy. In the end, Karana's father had been killed by the Aleut and many of the Native American warriors who fought alongside the chief had died as well. The Aleut had left and the women mourned for their fathers, sons, brothers, or anyone who they knew had died that fateful day. 

Google News

That wasn't all I read but there has to be one paragraph on Google News so tomorrow I'll continue the summary. The story I was most interested in is called, "CDC wants to gently prepare for (unlikely) nuclear war - CNN". The video that was on it talked about a tweet from Donald Trump. The first thing that happened was from Kim Jong Un says that he had a button at his desk that could launch a nuclear missile. Then Donald Trump replied on Twitter saying that he has a button on his desk as well. Apparently bigger, better, and his button works! I'm just being sarcastic, I really just don't like how the tension between these two is growing at a very fast pace. The video that I was watching had a woman saying that Donald Trump was an entertainer before president so this may be a joke, I disagree. See you guys later!