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The King's Fifth
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The King's Fifth (1966) (edit title/settings)

by Scott O'Dell (Author) (edit contributors)

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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. Though they may have been ruthless, these steel-helmeted young men of Spain lived their lives on the very edge of eternity with style and... read more

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Estéban is an imprisoned cartographer who has evaded taxes and did not report the location of a buried treasure. Estéban eventually agrees to draw a map to the gold, but instead creates a secret journal and describes his adventures with a group hunting the gold.

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IT IS DARK NIGHT on the sea but dusk within my cell.

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This book is in Newbery Honor Roll. (community list)

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  1. Scott O'Dell (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1966
ISBN: 0395069637
Page Count: 272

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