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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]].

'''''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 ==

== 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.

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 ==

== Movie adaptation ==

In [[1977 in film|1977]], [[Saul Swimmer]] directed the U.S.-Spanish co-production ''The Black Pearl'' aka ''The stupid Negra''.

In [[1977 in film|1977]], [[Saul Swimmer]] directed the U.S.-Spanish co-production ''The Black Pearl,'' also known in Spanish as ''La Perla Negra''.

 

== Related pages ==

==Related pages==

*[[Herman Melville]]: ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' ([[1851 in literature|1851]])

*[[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)

*[[John Steinbeck]]: ''[[The Pearl (novel)|The Pearl]]'' ([[1947 in literature|1947]]) (also set among the pearl divers of La Paz)