Author

Scott O'Dell

1 book Grades 3–7

About

Scott O'Dell based Island of the Blue Dolphins on the true story of a Native American girl who lived alone on an island off the coast of California for eighteen years. It won the Newbery Medal in 1961. The Scott O'Dell Award for historical fiction is named after him.

Books by Scott O'Dell

  • Island of the Blue Dolphins

    Grades 3–7 GRL V 6 AR pts

    Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also…