O'Dell Scott

Title: O'Dell Scott
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O'Dell Scott
Scott O’Dell “Places I have known, creatures I have loved are in Island of the Blue Dolphins…” --Scott O’Dell, “Newberry Award Acceptance” Speech, Horn Book, August, 1961 Scott O’Dell, an award winning author of more than twenty books, was a naturalist who drew on his own experiences as a boy growing up in a rural environment to write historical fiction for children. Born to railway employee Bennett Mason O’Dell on Terminal Island, …showed first 75 words of 1753 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1753 total…survival in a primitive environment (Collier-Nakamura). Karana’s determination and perseverance are considered to be examples of the finest inner-parts of mankind. However, beneath these waters of excellent storytelling lies another current. These deeper, colder waters reveal the bittersweet joys of a boy growing up in the wilds of Southern California and a troubled man’s attempt to make peace with the more painful memories of choices made that haunted him all of his days.

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