The Kings Fifth

The Kings Fifth

       

 The Kings Fifth was a good book written by Scott O’Dell and won the “Newberry Honor Book” award. It was about a young mapmaker in 1541 undergoing a trial for not giving the king a fifth of the gold they found on his journey to find the land of Cibola. The land of Cibola was told to have a lot of gold “I go in search of the Seven Golden Cities of Cibola.” (pg. 34) and he and the crew was trying to find it. On his journey it tells on how they had to go through the treacherous seas, tough battles against the Native American, and natural surroundings. When they were on their way they went through a storm “A hill of gray water now came up behind us. Our stern lifted and we sank downward, downward until it seemed that we must founder on the bare rocks beneath the sea.”(pg. 32) i left them in need of resources. The battle between the Native Americans was very dangerous “A hand touched my throat and I gave him a mighty buffet with my knee" (pg 91). I thought this was a very good book I would recommend you to read it.