Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Texas

Two burros sold to the slave-driving owners of the silver mine eventually return to save their village from starvation.

The Treasure of Topo-El-Bampo

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Scott O'Dell

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Florida

The Papadimitrios family, from the Greek island of Kalymnos, depends on the sea for its living. When Alexandra's father dies, her grandfather decides she should continue the family tradition. As the only female sponge diver in Tarpon Springs, Alexandra becomes quite sought after, and unknowingly becomes involved in a ring of cocaine smuggling.

Alexandra

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Delaware

Island of the Blue Dolphins

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Oklahoma

California

Scott O’Dell (2) Book Bundle

Michigan

An Indian girl spends eighteen years alone on a rocky island off the coast of California in 1860s.

Yearling Newbery Edition. Binding between page 44 and pg. 45 is basically detached; no good, bad shape there…and elsewhere!

New Jersey

In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil who legend says is its owner.

The Black Pearl

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Utah

Zia and her brother, Mando, make a dangerous voyage to the Island of the Blue Dolphins to rescue their Aunt Karana, left behind eighteen years earlier.

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New York

A 1968 Newbery Honor Book

From the depths of a cave in the Vermilion Sea, Ramon Salazar has wrested a black pearl so lustrous and captivating that his father, an expert pearl dealer, is certain Ramon has found the legendary Pearl of Heaven. Such a treasure is sure to bring great joy to the villagers of their tiny coastal town, and even greater renown to the Salazar name. No diver, not even the swaggering Gaspar Ruiz, has ever found a pearl like this!

But is there a price to pay for a prize so great? When a terrible tragedy strikes the village, old Luzon's warning about El Diablo returns to haunt Ramon. If El Diablo actually exists, it will take all Ramon's courage to face the winged creature waiting for him offshore.

The Spanish Slavers were an ever-present threat to the Navaho way of life.  One lovely spring day, fourteen-year-old Bright Morning and her friend Running Bird took their sheep to pasture.  The sky was clear blue against the red buttes of the Canyon de Chelly, and the fields and orchards of the Navahos promised a rich harvest.  Bright Morning was happy as she gazed across the beautiful valley that was the home of her tribe.  She turned when Black Dog barked, and it was then that she saw the Spanish slavers riding straight toward her.  

Sing down the Moon

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Relates the experiences of a young Senegalese girl brought as a slave to the Danish owned Caribbean island of St. John as she participates in the slave revolt of 1733-1734.

My Name Is Not Angelica

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Colorado

#paperback #childrens #nativeamerican #dolphin #classic #adventure #odell

Iowa

A young Indian girl learns the art of survival when she is stranded on an isolated Pacific island.

The adventures of a young Indian girl, living alone off the coast of California on the Island of San Nicholas in the early 1800's.

Accidentally bought 2 so this is the extra book 🤦‍♀️ BUT this is a great short young adult novel based on a true story Mr. O’Dell had learned about. With very few facts actually known about the indigenous woman who lived on the island, this book is heavily fictitious and slightly racist yet the story is well told. 

New Hampshire

Scott O'Dell's Newbery Medal-winning classic is a gripping tale of survival, strength, and courage. Based on the true story of a Nicoleño Indian girl living alone on an island off the coast of California, Island of the Blue Dolphins has captivated readers for generations.

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.

As Smithsonian magazine put it: "For kids all over the country, reading the book in language arts classes, Karana is a powerful symbol of their growing independence. Through her, they can imagine themselves making their way in the world alone--and thriving."

Pennsylvania

Wear on edges, creases, name across pages and on inner cover. Pages are clean.

Virginia

Seven members of Coronado's army attempt to find the fabled cities of Cibola.

The King's Fifth

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#paperback #historicalfiction #fiction #newberymedal #childrens #classic #schoolreading

Ohio

Sing Down the Moon (Laurel Leaf Edition, 1997)

Oregon

Left alone after the deaths of her father and brother who take opposite sides in the War for Independence, and fleeing from the British who seek to arrest her, Sarah Bishop struggles to shape a new life for herself in the wilderness.

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Scott O'Dell; Lynd Ward (Illustrator)

The Treasure of Topo-El-Bampo

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Alexandra

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Island of the Blue Dolphins

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Island of the Blue Dolphins

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Island of the Blue Dolphins

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The Black Pearl

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The Black Pearl

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My Name Is Not Angelica

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Island of the Blue Dolphins

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Island of the Blue Dolphins

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Island of the Blue Dolphins

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The King's Fifth

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Sing Down the Moon (Laurel Leaf Edition, 1997)

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