My ABC Book

By: Heidi Asher

Aleuts

They came to the island to hunt otter

Baskets

• She used them to carry her food and water

Cormorants

• The bird she took the feathers from to make her skirt

Devil fish

• Rontu wanted Karana to kill the devil fish (octopus)

Elevation

• The Island had highly elevated cliffs

Friends

• Karana wanted friends so badly on the island she had catch animals and give them names

Galas-at

• The name Karana’s tribe gave their island

Headlands

• The Part of the island Karana stayed on

Island

• The place she was stranded on

Jewelry

• Karana threw all the jewelry she had found in the chest on the island in the ocean

Karana

• The girl stranded on the island

Large Eyes

• The meaning of the name Karana gave the otter she was taking care of

Mon-a-nee

• The name of the otter she took care of

Northern

• The part of the island Karana was staying on

Orlov

• The name of the captain of the Aleut ship

Pool of Water

• What she left Mon-a-nee in

Quick

• Karana is quick to kill her prey

Rontu

• The dog friend Karana’s

Sails

• Karana watched for the Aleut and American sails on the ocean

Tutok

• The Aleut girl who Karana made friends with

Ulape

• Karana’s big sister who left on the American ship

Village

• The place where the tribe lived on the island

Wild dogs

• The pack of wild dogs tried to attack Karana

explore

• Karana had to explore the island to find a good place to build her house

Yucca fibers

• What Karana made her skirt out of

Zalwit

• One of the words Karana exchanges withTutok Meaning: Pelican