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'''''The Black Pearl''''' is a book for teens by [[Scott O'Dell]] first published in [[1967]]. It is about the son of a [[pearl]] dealer living in the [[Baja California peninsula|Lower California peninsula]]. It won the [[Newbery Honor]] in [[1968]].
== Story ==
The story is about a Mexican teenager named Ramon Salazar who works with his father finding and selling pearls. One day, Ramon went diving in an underwater cave in search of pearls and found a pearl bigger than his fist. It was so shiny and big that he thought that it was called the Pearl of Heaven. The pearl was found in a lagoon that belonged to an Indian who warned Ramon that the pearl belonged to the Manta Diablo.
== Movie adaptation ==
In [[1977 in film|1977]], [[Saul Swimmer]] directed the U.S.-Spanish co-production ''The Black Pearl'' aka ''La Perla Negra''.
==Related pages==
*[[Herman Melville]]: ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' ([[1851 in literature|1851]])
*[[John Steinbeck]]: ''[[The Pearl (novel)|The Pearl]]'' ([[1947 in literature|1947]]) (also set among the pearl divers of La Paz)
*[[Ernest Hemingway]]: ''[[The Old Man and the Sea]]'' ([[1952 in literature|1952]]) (aging Cuban fisherman struggling with a giant [[marlin]])
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'''''The Black Pearl''''' is a book for teens by [[Scott O'Dell]] first published in [[1967]]. It is about the son of a [[pearl]] dealer living in the [[Baja California peninsula|Lower California peninsula]]. It won the [[Newbery Honor]] in [[1968]].
== Story ==
The story is about a Mexican teenager named Ramon Salazar who works with his father finding and selling pearls. One day, Ramon went diving in an underwater cave in search of pearls and found a pearl bigger than his fist. It was so shiny and big that he thought that it was called the Pearl of Heaven. The pearl was found in a lagoon that belonged to an Indian who warned Ramon that the pearl belonged to the Manta Diablo.
== Movie adaptation ==
In [[1977 in film|1977]], [[Saul Swimmer]] directed the U.S.-Spanish co-production ''The Black Pearl'' aka ''La Perla Negra''.
==Related pages==
*[[Herman Melville]]: ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' ([[1851 in literature|1851]])
*[[John Steinbeck]]: ''[[The Pearl (novel)|The Pearl]]'' ([[1947 in literature|1947]]) (also set among the pearl divers of La Paz)
*[[Ernest Hemingway]]: ''[[The Old Man and the Sea]]'' ([[1952 in literature|1952]]) (aging Cuban fisherman struggling with a giant [[marlin]])
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[[Category:1967 books]]
[[Category:Newbery Honor books]]
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[[Category:Young adult books]]
[[Category:Newbery Honor winners]]-->
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