| The King's Fifth: A Newbery Honor Award Winner Contributor(s): O'Dell, Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618747834 ISBN-13: 9780618747832 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Boys & Men - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Europe - Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - Historical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007270131 |
| Lexile Measure: 840 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.45 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 30667 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): 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. |