6 Top classics books like The King's Fifth by Scott O'Dell

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The King's Fifth

By: Scott O'Dell

3.66

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A 1967 Newbery Honor Book  While awaiting trial for murder and withholding from the king the oblig…

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Cover of I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

1. I, Juan de Pareja

By: Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Told through the eyes of Velazquez's slave and assistant, this vibrant novel depicts both the beaut… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
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Cover of Madeleine Takes Command by Ethel C. Brill, Bruce  Adams, Bruce Adams

2. Madeleine Takes Command

By: Ethel C. Brill , Bruce Adams , Bruce Adams

3.81

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Madeleine Verchère's story is based on a true account of colonial French Canada of the 1690's. Hara… read more

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  • juvenile
Cover of Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Gray Vining, Robert Lawson, Elizabeth Janet Gray

3. Adam of the Road

By: Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

"A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good… read more

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Cover of The King's Fifth by Scott O'Dell

4. The King's Fifth

By: Scott O'Dell

3.66

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A 1967 Newbery Honor Book  While awaiting trial for murder and withholding from the king the oblig… read more

Similar categories in Scott O'Dell's The King's Fifth book and Scott O'Dell's The King's Fifth

  • classics
  • childrens
  • school
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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5. Otto of the Silver Hand

By: Howard Pyle

4.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

A rich and engrossing thread of Romance runs through this tale of the motherless son of a valiant r… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • school
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Arrow Over the Door by Joseph Bruchac, James Watling

6. The Arrow Over the Door

By: Joseph Bruchac , James Watling

3.92

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

To fourteen-year-old Samuel Russell, called "coward" for his peace-loving Quaker beliefs, the summe… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
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7. By the Great Horn Spoon!

By: Sid Fleischman

4.48

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

For fans of theI Survivedseries--a rollicking adventure from the California Gold Rush! When Jack's … read more

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Cover of Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan

8. Homeless Bird

By: Gloria Whelan

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Like many girls her age in the India of her time period, thirteen-year-old-Koly is getting married.… read more

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  • historical
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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Sherwood Ring

By: Elizabeth Marie Pope

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Newly orphaned Peggy Grahame is caught off-guard when she first arrives at her family's ancestral e… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction

10. The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1)

By: Gary L. Blackwood

3.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal… read more

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Cover of The Ravenmaster's Secret: Escape From The Tower Of London by Elvira Woodruff

11. The Ravenmaster's Secret: Escape From The Tower Of London

By: Elvira Woodruff

3.95

Format: None pages,

Forrest lives at the Tower of London prison, where his father tends the Tower ravens and guards inm… read more

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12. A Murder for Her Majesty

By: Beth Hilgartner

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Horrified at having witnessed her father's murder and fearing that the killers are agents of Queen … read more

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  • school
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  • fiction
  • historical fiction

13. The Switherby Pilgrim: A Tale of the Australian Bush

By: Eleanor Spence

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

Miss Arabella Braithewaite of Switherby knows there is no future for the ten orphans a remarkable m… read more

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14. The Good Master

By: Kate Seredy

4.14

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Jancsi is overjoyed to hear that his cousin from Budapest is coming to spend the summer on his fath… read more

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15. Betsy and the Emperor

By: Staton Rabin

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Think, my dear -- just think what it will be like, to be known as the girl who freed the great Nap… read more

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16. The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn (Samurai Detective, #1)

By: Dorothy Hoobler , Thomas Hoobler

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a… read more

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17. Year of Impossible Goodbyes

By: Sook Nyul Choi

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

It is 1945, and courageous ten-year-old Sookan and her family must endure the cruelties of the Japa… read more

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18. Nory Ryan's Song (Nory Ryan, #1)

By: Patricia Reilly Giff

3.95

Format: 473 pages, Paperback

Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a … read more

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19. Master Cornhill

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Victim of both the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London, a homeless, penniless eleven-year-old… read more

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20. The Golden Goblet

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

3.82

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Ranofer struggles to thwart the plottings of his evil brother, Gebu, so he can become master goldsm… read more

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  • historical
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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

21. Banner in the Sky

By: James Ramsey Ullman

4.67

Format: 523 pages, Paperback

The Citadel It stands unconquered, the last great summit of the Alps. Only one man has ever dared t… read more

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I, Juan de Pareja

Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

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Madeleine Takes Command

Ethel C. Brill , Bruce Adams , Bruce Adams

3.81

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Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

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Scott O'Dell

3.66

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I, Juan de Pareja

Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

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The Great and Terrible Quest

Margaret Lovett

3.97

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The King's Fifth

Scott O'Dell

3.66

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Joseph Bruchac , James Watling

3.92

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