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
