Scott O'Dell

The Black Pearl (Unabridged)

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When Ramón Salazar swims into an underwater cave in a deserted lagoon, he discovers the black pearl, the Great Pearl of Heaven. As the son of a pearl merchant, Ramón knows that this is the rarest and most valuable pearl in the world. He quickly scoops it up and brings it home to his father.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

980L

Length:

02:21

Sing Down the Moon (Unabridged)

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The Spanish slavers were an ever-present threat to the Navajo way of life.This historical novel is about a young Navajo girl who is kidnapped and enslaved by Spaniards and then rescued by her husband-to-be.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

820L

Length:

03:17

The King's Fifth (Unabridged)

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While awaiting trial for murder and withholding from the king the obligatory fifth of the gold found in Cibola, Esteban, a 17-year-old cartographer, recalls his adventures with a band of conquistadors.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

840L

Length:

07:55

Zia (Unabridged)

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The fate of Karana, heroine of Island of the Blue Dolphins, is revealed in this moving story of her niece, Zia. Finding her aunt is the strongest force in Zia's life, and in the hope of doing so, Zia moves to the Santa Barbara Mission, where she plans to go the Island where someone has seen her aunt - still alive after 18 years.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

790L

Length:

04:22

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

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