Scott O'Dell (1898–1989)
Autor(a) de Island of the Blue Dolphins
About the Author
Séries
Obras por Scott O'Dell
Island of the Blue Dolphins / The Indian School / Soft Rain / The Sign of the Beaver (1996) 7 exemplares
The Newbery Award Library: Island of the Blue Dolphins/the Witch of Blackbird Pond/the Sign of the Beaver/One-Eyed… (1990) 6 exemplares
Yearling Newbery Boxed Set (Island of the Blue Dolphins, Johnny Tremain, Belle Prater's Boy, Wrinkle in Time,… (2000) 2 exemplares
Island of Blue Dolphins (Penguin Readers) 2 exemplares
Representative Photoplays, Analyzed 1 exemplar
Newbery Awards Library (Volume 2) 1 exemplar
Black pearl, The 1 exemplar
The 200 1 exemplar
Ribeiros Para o Rio, Rio Para o Mar 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Scott, O'Dell Gabriel
- Data de nascimento
- 1898-05-23
- Data de falecimento
- 1989-10-16
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Mount Kisco, New York, USA
- Causa da morte
- prostate cancer
- Locais de residência
- Waccabuc, New York, USA
San Pedro, California, USA
Long Beach, California, USA
Julian, California, USA - Educação
- University of Wisconsin
Occidental College
Stanford University (BA|1921)
Sapienza Università di Roma - Ocupações
- camera operator
technical director
children's book author
young adult writer
book columnist (Los Angeles Mirror)
book editor (Los Angeles Daily News) - Relações
- Hall, Elizabeth (wife)
- Organizações
- United States Air Force
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Hans Christian Andersen Award (1972)
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction (1985)
Regina Medal (1978)
The University of Southern Mississippi Medallion (1976)
John Newbery Medal (1961)
Membros
Discussions
Found: Island of blue dolphins read alike em Name that Book (Setembro 2021)
Críticas
Island of the Blue Dolphins por Scott O'Dell
Native American, Historical, Survival
On San Nicolas Island, dolphins flash in the surrounding blue waters, sea otter play in the vast kelp beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, a girl named Karana spent eighteen years alone.
Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that killed her younger brother, constantly guard against Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. Her courage, self-reliance, and grit has inspired millions of readers in this breathtaking adventure.… (mais)
Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that killed her younger brother, constantly guard against Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. Her courage, self-reliance, and grit has inspired millions of readers in this breathtaking adventure.… (mais)
I've been on a nostalgic kick, re-reading all the books I read as a girl. As I woke up this morning in a pile of cats and dogs, in a house I rarely leave except to forage for food, I realize it is possible that this book has had the most significant long-term influence on my life. RONTU LIVES! *SOBS*
All that being said, I would like to read the new definitive version, which gives a more complete history of the real events and history of the indigenous people involved in the story.
All that being said, I would like to read the new definitive version, which gives a more complete history of the real events and history of the indigenous people involved in the story.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 45
- Also by
- 3
- Membros
- 32,874
- Popularidade
- #588
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 475
- ISBN
- 536
- Línguas
- 14
- Marcado como favorito
- 21