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To be eligable for the award, the book has to be published intending that children and young adults can read it. The setting of the book must be set in Canada, Central or South America, or the United States. It must be published and be written in English by an American Citizen.
This award was established in 1982 to recognize Historical Fiction books. This award gives $5,000 to the author who wrote a historical fiction book for young adults in the past year. Scott O´Dell created the ward so he could encourage and inspire other young writers to write books that focus on historical fiction.
1) Is the history in the book accurate?
2) What is the history depicted in the book?
Laurie Halse Anderson wrote the book Chains and won the Scott O´Dell award for it. In her book, she defined the phrase ¨historical fiction.¨ Most of the characters in the book were fictional, but the history and events behind them were all real. This book tells the styory of Isabel and how she was sold as a child slave, but ran away to save her own life.