Hey guys,
So this is a book summery that is for school. The book is called the kigs fifth. This is not the whole books summery just the firs 19 chapters.



AS ESTÉBAN DE SANDOVAL, a young cartographer, ventures out of Spain to present day Mexico in 1541, he couldn’t have imagined the treasure waiting beneath a still lake along side an Indian settlement. after lots  of persuading  ...Captain Blas de Mendoza, Estéban, musicians Roa, Lunes and Zuñiga, as well as Mendoza’s thought to be loyal soldier, Torres, and Father Francisco, the army’s priest, left their ship in the Mar Del Sur and boarded The San Pedro, their home until reaching the shores of New Spain.on their journey  to Mexico, they go threw thirst and hunger but soon find water when one of the group fall of deck in to clear, clean water which saves them.All with the desire for treasure, they sought out a guide to lead them from the coast to the Seven Cities in hope of finding gold.  Zia, a young teenage girl  with as much passion for maps as Estéban, would be this person.  Zia was very interested in maps would do any thing to get a look a As Esteban DE Sandovals maps. soon they start making maps together and become good friends.

As they approached the first city, much to they went threw thirst and hunger but on the end the found clean river water that they have been needing.  to their disappointment, no gold was found. Yet, after talking to many settlers, they learned a city twenty moons away had the treasure they wanted. Trusting this statement, they left on a dangerous journey through the Valley of Hearts, only to find nothing. they went threw a war between the indians and the group which  pushed Asestebande sandoval to fight. he saw how that the person he was fighting is just the same as he is... defending his land a beliefs.

Many were injured in a battle between the two groups, though they continued north, and much to their luck, approached a new settlement with gold nuggets and fine gold sand in a nearby river. They obtained the gold dust by illegally killing sheep belonging to the Indians, and placing their hides in the river. What seemed to be success soon changed into disaster when Torres stole the hides and left camp. Finally, a lake with a golden bottom gave the young explorers hope in returning home with their desired treasure. Captain Mendoza drained the lake, and bagged the gold. The others waited until he finally returned, in which they left for the River of Good Guidance Throughout their journey, the level of greed increased causing the explorers to go against the law, their religion, and their beliefs. Zia and Estéban’s relationship built by their love of map making was lost too.