Scott O'Dell

The Dark Canoe (Unabridged)

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A 16-year-old boy sails from 19th-century Nantucket to a remote California bay with his two older brothers and finds himself in mysterious circumstances involving the death of one brother and the strange obsession of the other.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

970L

Length:

02:53

The Amethyst Ring (Unabridged)

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Spanish seminarian Julián Escobar, known to the Mayas as Lord Kukulcán and worshipped as a god, witnesses the fall of the Mayan and Incan civilizations with the coming of Cortés and Pizarro.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Lexile:

980L

Length:

08:01

The Road to Damietta (Unabridged)

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Rich in the atmosphere of 13th-century Italy, The Road to Damietta offers through Ricca di Montanaro's eyes a new perspective on the man who became the famous Saint Francis of Assisi, the guileless, joyous man who praised the oneness of nature and sought to bring the world into harmony.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

980L

Length:

07:48

The 290 (Unabridged)

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Jim Lynne is idly playing darts in Liverpool when his brother, Ted, calls him over to a table to ask a question about the ship that he's working on. It seems the ship, enigmatically named the 290, is not the cargo ship that people are saying it is. Whatever its purpose, it is certainly built for speed. But Jim thinks he knows that purpose: it is being built for the Confederate navy.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

910L

Length:

02:33

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

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