Scott O'Dell

Black Star, Bright Dawn (Unabridged)

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A young Eskimo girl encounters frightening obstacles when she takes her father's place in the Iditarod, the annual 1,172-mile dogsled race in Alaska.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

670L

Length:

03:37

Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A Novel of Sacagawea (Unabridged)

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No woman in all of our history has captured the imagination like the young Shoshone girl Sacagawea, who served as in interpreter and often as a guide for Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition into our uncharted West.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

740L

Length:

04:50

Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A Novel of Sacagawea (Unabridged)

The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt By Day (Unabridged)

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Tom Barton and his Uncle Jack live on the edge of danger, smuggling goods under the very nose of the king's searchers. Shrewd, brave, desperate at times, they make run after run across the Channel, braving rough seas, heavy winds, and a growing restlessness among their countrymen.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

950L

Length:

05:19

The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt By Day (Unabridged)

The Captive (Unabridged)

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The Captive is the first volume of the Seven Serpents Trilogy. Julian Escobar, a young Jesuit seminarian who travels to the New World, is the only human survivor when a hurricane sinks a ship laden with gold. He struggles ashore, where he meets a Mayan girl. She teaches him about Kukulcan, the Feathered Serpent, a fair-skinned Mayan god, who sailed away centuries before.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Middle

Length:

05:42

My Name Is Not Angelica (Unabridged)

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The planter who buys you will put you to work in his household or in the sugar-cane fields. In the fields, under the hot sun, slaves don't last long, perhaps a year. So show your white teeth, Raisha, smile a lot, and don't say anything unless you're asked. Snatched from her home in Africa, sixteen-year-old Raisha begins her new life on the island of St.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

750L

Length:

03:13

Island of the Blue Dolphins (Unabridged)

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Island of the Blue Dolphins is the remarkable story of a strange and beautiful Indian girl who lives a serene and courageous life as the solitary survivor on a rocky island off the California coast. The island looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters frolic in the surf, and sea elephants and birds abound.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

1000L

Length:

03:57