Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San... read more
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 1960
Word Count 40,531
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1000L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 45, 6.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Islands
- Indians of North America--Fiction
- Indians of North America--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | General
- Survival
- Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary
- Survival--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- Islands--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Native American
- Indians of North America
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Awards & Distinctions 1
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2023
Winner, 1961
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