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Looking for a YA book from my youth (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by WndyLady@lemm.ee to c/fiction

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It's not much to go on, but I'm hoping someone either remembers or has better Google-fu than I do.

Some time in the late 80s or early 90s I read a YA book about a teen-ish girl in the Aluetian Islands. My most vivid memory is of her description of crabs, calling some "Jimmies," and going into extraordinary detail about the fishing process. I have the shadow of a memory that she was the first girl/woman to embark on fishing.

That's all I have to go on. Ring any bells?

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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My dad taught middle school.

Is it "Island of the Blue Dolphins," by any chance?

[–] WndyLady@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the suggestion! Based upon the Wikipedia description I don't think this is it, but I'll read it to be sure.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago

I hope you like it. It was one of my dad's favorite books!

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Good luck! It doesn't sound like isle of the blue dolphins. I hope you can give us more clues as you remember them. Was it a longer or shorter read? Was it in a collection of stories? Was it rooted in history or fantasy?

[–] WndyLady@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Good questions! I think it was short by today's YA standards - - maybe 200 pages. Definitely not a collection, just a short novel. It was more a historical fiction.

[–] Amphobet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I Am the Ice Worm by Maryann Easley?

[–] WndyLady@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is a possibility, although the descriptions I can find are pretty limited. One mentions that the protagonist is a mall-rat. Any guess on when the book is set?

Edit: This was written in 96, which would have been too late. Thanks for the suggestion, though!