| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - When Scott O???Dell wrote Island of the Blue Dolphins in the 60s, he had to fight to keep the protagonist a girl. (Never mind that it was based on a true story, or that he won the Newbery Medal and other prizes ??? the important point, from a publisher???s perspective, is he didn???t sell as many copies as he might have otherwise.)
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