The King's Fifth: A Newbery Honor Award Winner by O'Dell, Scott

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.

Author: Scott O'Dell
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 09/01/2006
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780618747832
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 30667 / King's Fifth

About the Author
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.