Pub Date: September 1, 2006
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2007270131
Lexile Code: 0840
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 12 to UP
Physical Info: 0.80" H x 7.60" L x 5.10" W ( 0.45 lbs) 272 pages
BISAC Categories:
Young Adult Fiction | Boys and Men | Historical | Europe | Fantasy | Girls and Women | Coming of Age | Medieval | Social Themes | General see also headings under Family | Romance | Action and Adventure | Survival Stories | Renaissance | United States Colonial and Revolutionary Periods | Thrillers and Suspense | General
Description: 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.
Brief description:
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.
Review Quotes:
"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