The King's Fifth - by Scott O'Dell (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A 1967 Newbery Honor Book </b> <p/> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>In this deeply affecting novel Scott O'Dell envelops the reader in the heroic world of the conquistadors, a world that is at once somber and many-colored. ruthless they may have been, these steel-helmeted young men of Spain, but they lived their lives on the very edge of eternity with style and uncommon courage.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>The writing is subtly beautiful, often moving, and says more than may be caught in one reading. Horn Book <p/>The writing is subtly beautiful, often moving, and says more than may be caught in one reading. Horn Book Guide<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>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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