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published
September 4th 2006
(first published 1966)
by Houghton Mifflin
binding
Paperback, 272 pages
isbn
0618747834
(isbn13: 9780618747832)
description
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-color...more
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Read in May, 2009
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middle school and up
Interesting book about a young mapper maker who travels to Central America with a group of gold seekers. The boy tells his story from jail where he writes down what he remembers of his journey and what happened. Tension is heightened as the story alternates between the boy's trial and the reason he's in jail. Get a sense of the power of gold and the destruction it brought to the Americas.
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Read in December, 2006
This book is a tale about "gold fever", the malady where one becomes so obsessed with obtaining gold that one loses all sense of morality and common sense. The year is 1541 and a cartographer named Estéban de Sandoval is sitting in prison awaiting trial. He is accused of not paying the king a fifth of the treasure he discovered, as required by law. In flashback, Sandoval recounts how he came to travel through the lands of Nuevo España (modern day Mexico and Arizona) searching for gol...more
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UMM THIS BOOK IS LIKE AN OK BOOK. ILL ADD ANOTHER REVIEW LATER WHEN IM HALF WAY DONE OR WHEN IM FINISHED WITH IT. I DONT KNOW SO UNTIL LATER
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Read in January, 2008
This book was historical fiction and based on a mans search for true wealth in dealing with his greed.
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07/30/08
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This is another book from my son's reading list for history. Set in Mexico when the Spaniards were conquering Mexico. It is about a young boy who is a cartographer who gets caught up in searching for gold with some unscrupulous people. It is really a good historical novel and also very suspenseful and interesting to see what will happen next. We really enjoyed it.
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Read in January, 1993
I found a reference for this book in the credits for the 80s animated series "Mysterious Cities of Gold." The series is loosely (very!) based on this book and on another trilogy which he set in the Mayan region. It's a Scott O'Dell book, and I have always loved Scott O'Dell, so it's hard for me to give it anything less than 4 stars.
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Read in March, 2008
I liked it more than I thought I would. The author did a good job of balancing the physical action and the inner conflict in the book. I also liked the alternating POV, from the main character in prison to his adventures elsewhere.
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Read in August, 2008
I really liked how this book is a history book but they make it so interesting. I think that there is alot you can learn about people in this book too.
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04/29/08
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I read this in fifth grade. My dad read it with me. I'm not sure either of us totally understood it, but it changed my life!
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