The King's Fifth

by Scott O'Dell

While awaiting trial for murder and withholding from the king the obligatory fifth of the gold found in Cibola, Esteban, a seventeen-year-old cartographer, recalls his adventures with a band of conquistadors.

  • Format: eBook
  • ISBN-13/ EAN: 9780547349688
  • ISBN-10: 0547349688
  • Pages: 272
  • Publication Date: 09/04/2006
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  • About the Book
    A 1967 Newbery Honor Book  

     

    While awaiting trial for murder and withholding from the king the obligatory fifth of the gold found in Cibola, Esteban, a seventeen-year-old cartographer, recalls his adventures with a band of conquistadors.

  • About the Author

    Scott O'Dell

    Scott O'Dell (1898–1989), one of the most respected authors of historical fiction, received the Newbery Medal, three Newbery Honor Medals, and the Hans Christian Andersen Author Medal, the highest international recognition for a body of work by an author of books for young readers. Some of his many books include The Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Road to Damietta, Sing Down the Moon, and The Black Pearl.

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    "The writing is subtly beautiful, often moving, and says more than may be caught in one reading." Horn Book

    "The writing is subtly beautiful, often moving, and says more than may be caught in one reading." Horn Book Guide

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