**Scott O'Dell was the author of numerous books for children and adults. He received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1972.Sara L. Schwebelis Associate Professor of English at the University of South Carolina, author of Child-Sized History: Fictions of the Past in U.S. Classrooms, and editor of ...

**Scott O'Dell was the author of numerous books for children and adults. He received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1972.Sara L. Schwebelis Associate Professor of English at the University of South Carolina, author of Child-Sized History: Fictions of the Past in U.S. Classrooms, and editor of the Lone Woman and Last Indians digital archive.