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A 16-year-old boy does battle with an enormous devilfish that guards a rare, black pearl. PW said this 1968 Newbery Honor Book reverberates with "proud admiration of the courage of the human spirit." Ages 10-up.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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A 16-year-old boy does battle with an enormous devilfish that guards a rare, black pearl. PW said this 1968 Newbery Honor Book reverberates with "proud admiration of the courage of the human spirit." Ages 10-up (Publishers Weekly ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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2.0 out of 5 stars The Great Pearl ---, Mar 22 2004

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Alfonso Morales (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Black Pearl (Paperback)

"The Black Pearl," written by Scott O'Dell is somewhat of a very dull book, that is not able to catch the readers attention. Scott O' Dell has failed to create the same kind of enthusiasm as he did for "Island of the Blue Dolphins." It also borrows very obviously from Steinbdck's-"The Pearl,"--even the scene with the crooked pearl dealers is very similar. Overall its not much of a great book...

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Black Pearl, Mar 27 2003

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"lkim17" (Cerritos, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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Title: The Black Pearl
Author: Scott O'Dell
Reviewed By: L. Kim
Period: 1

This book is about a kid named Ram'on finding a great black pearl. His father was the most famous dealer in pearls. When Ram'on and Sevillano went out to the sea to dive and get pearls, Ram'on found a wonderful thing. It was a very delicate black pearl. The book called it the Pearl of Heaven. Ram'on's father gave it way to the church though. Later, Ram'on steals the pearl and with Sevillano, he goes to the City of Guaymas to sell the pearl. They have a little fighting(sort of) against the Manta Diablo.

I thought this book was fun because it had adventure in it. It had the part where Manta Diablo comes and attacks, when Ram'on dives into the sea and finds the black pearl. Also the time when Ram'on and Sevillano is sailing to the City of Guaymas. The Black Pearl was overall a good book since the majority of the story was adventurous. They were all very interesting.

My favorite part of the book was the part when Sevillano told Ram'on that he knows Ram'on stole the pearl. At first, I thought that was really creepy because if I were Ram'on, I would probably thinking that the man was spying on me. Well, it was creepier when Sevillano threatened Ram'on to come with him to the City of Guaymas. He held a knife in his hand! That'll be frightening. The Black Pearl is an exciting book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars THE BLACK PEARAL, May 24 2004

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The Black pearl By Scot O'Dell is a really good book I'd really recomed it if you like adventure books. It is about a boy named Ramon. Him and his father own a pearl shop. It is the best pearl shop in their city.
One day Ramon asks an Indian man that comes to their pearl shop every month to sell them one pearl. One day Ramon asks him if he could teatch him how to dive for pearls because Ramon father will not let him dive for perals because he thinks it to dangerous. The Indiand teaches the boy how to. The Indian said it is very important to watch out for a monster called the Manta Diablo, a devilfish, that lurks in a cave were they are diving. One day Romon decides to go in his cave because he is gone. He finds a pearl the size of a baseball that is black.
From that day on Ramon and his dad face a lot of problems because of the black pearl. I hope my paragraph will convine you to read it. I give it a 5* rating because it is fantastic.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Black Pearl
The book, The Black Pearl is a good book. It makes you think a lot.You never know what is going to happen. It just suprises you, like WOW! If you havent read it you have to. Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Black Pearl
Ramon Salazar is a young boy who trains to become a great pearl dealer. But the Town of Lapaz fear a monstrous creature named, Manta Diablo. Read more

Published on Mar 26 2004 by Phillip Lee