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Scott O'Dell

Author of Island of the Blue Dolphins


Current Book Review(s)




Book Review by
Laney Collins


Hope Was Here
by Joan Bauer

This is an excellent book. It has great moral value, which a lot of books don't always have. After I finished reading it, it gave me that great feeling you get when you read a book that is utterly amazing and you are sad that the book is over. Just read it, you won't regret it.



Book Review by
Samantha Huston


TEARS OF A TIGER
by Sharon M. Draper

My favorite book is called TEARS OF A TIGER.... but i dont exactly remember who the author is.....lol.. It's about a bunch of college kids leaving after school one day, and they all went and got drunk and got in a car wreck. The driver was the only one that lived and he lived his life miserable and every one blamed him for the wreck. Then finally everyone started being nice to him again, and he was naming stuff that he wanted to get rid of and that was 5 dollar bills because they spent a 5 dollar bill on beer. And he got rid of blue cars be cuz the car they were in was blue. Then everyone was blaming him, calling him names, and he lost his girlfriend and all of his friends. So0o0 then he got fed up and commmited sucide--but it's a really good book. I don't even like reading, and I had this chapter book done in 3 days. I got addicted to it in a heartbeat; I have already read it like 3 times, believe it or not. You should really read it...



Book Review by
Tiffany Sahagun


Sing Down the Moon
by Scott O'Dell

This book is so amazing. It just pulls you in and you can't get out. And you don't even want to get out. It is so descriptive about everything. And the way that it just makes you love the characters at first, and then everything happens. It is just amazing.

My favorite part is when they are camping on the cliff and together they decide to leave that area and go through the woods. But then they get caught and get taken to the reserve.

Actually my favorite part is when Bright Dawn is a slave in a house hold and she and two others are planning their escape. And they do. I would SO recommend this book to anyone that likes to read a good book.

All of this story really gives you knowledge of what life was like for the Indians. And I think that he really puts a lot of emotions into this book and I don't think that it could have come in any different form.



Book Review by
Heaven Nilson


Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell

This book is truly one of a kind! Once I started reading it I couldnt put it down! i have probably read it like 4 times. I STRONGLY suggest you read it for yourself!! Just make sure you have a lot of time, because I guarantee that you will NOT be able to put it down.



Book Review by
Leanna Manuel


Island Of The Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell

I'm reading Island Of the Blue Dolphins, when I am 8 and almost 9. I like the book a lot. Because I love animals and the whole book is almost about all animals. I liked most of all when she found the dog where the rocks were, and she thought it was dead, but it was still breathing. She had to stop every second or moment because the dog was heavy.

Thank you for writing the book.



Short Book Review(s), etc.


Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo

My favorite book is "Because of Winn-Dixie." I love this book, because it has a lot of emotion behind it. It even made me cry.

by Dawn Kushner

Streams to the River, River to the Sea
by Scott O'Dell

I loved this book. I hate history, but I couldnt put this down. I've had to have read this book at least 30 times in the 5 years I've had this book. Check it out.

by kelsey heckel





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