The King's Fifth: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

Scott O'Dell

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

Book Details

Publisher: Clarion Books
Publish Date: Sep 1st, 2006
Pages: 272
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 7.60in - 5.10in - 0.80in - 0.45lb
EAN: 9780618747832
Recommended age: 12-UP
Categories: • Boys & Men• Historical - Europe• Fantasy - Historical

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About the Author

O'Dell, Scott: -

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.