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Scott O'Dell quotes

Ocupation: Author

Life: May 23, 1898 - October 15, 1989

Birthday: May 23

Death: October 15

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More than anything, it was the blue dolphins that took me back home.

Topics: Home, Back Home, Blue

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Many of our tribe went to the cliff each night to count the number killed during the day. They counted the dead otter and thought of the beads and other things that each pelt meant. But I never went to the cove and whenever I saw the hunters with their long spears skimming over the water, I was angry, for these animals were my friends. It was fun to see them playing or sunning themselves among the kelp. It more fun than the thought of beads to wear around my neck.

Topics: Fun, Animal, Night, Otters, Skimming

Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly I thought of Tutok, and the island seemed very quiet.

Topics: Running, Islands, Blue, Gulls, Blue Water

They were black like a lizard's and very large and, like the eyes of a lizard, could sometimes look sleepy.

Topics: Eye, Black, Looks

The annual award of $5,000 goes to an author for a meritorious book published in the previous year for children or young adults. Scott O'Dell established this award to encourage other writers--particularly new authors--to focus on historical fiction. He hoped in this way to increase the interest of young readers in the historical background that has helped to shape their country and their world.

Topics: Country, Children, Book, Dell, Previous Years

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