The King's Fifth: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
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.
"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
PUBLISHER:
HarperCollins
ISBN-10:
0618747834
ISBN-13:
9780618747832
BINDING:
Paperback / softback
PUBLICATION YEAR:
2006
NUMBER OF PAGES:
272
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
7.62(H) x 5.12(W) x 0.69(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
Young adult
LANGUAGE:
English