What is The Black Pearl (Scott O'Dell)?
{{italictitle}} '''''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,'' also known in Spanish as ''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]]) {{DEFAULTSORT:Black Pearl, The}} [[Category:1967 books]] [[Category:Newbery Honor books]] <!--[[Category:American books]] [[Category:Young adult books]] [[Category:Newbery Honor winners]]--> [[Category:1977 drama movies]] [[Category:American drama movies]] [[Category:Spanish movies]] {{lit-stub}}