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The Black Pearl Hardback - 1967
by Scott O'Dell; Milton Johnson (Illustrator)
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From the depths of a cave in the Vermilion Sea, Ramon Salazar has wrested a black pearl so lustrous and captivating that his father, an expert pearl dealer, is certain Ramon has found the legendary Pearl of Heaven. Such a treasure is sure to bring great joy to the villagers of their tiny coastal town, and even greater renown to the Salazar name. No diver, not even the swaggering Gaspar Ruiz, has ever found a pearl like this!But is there a price to pay for a prize so great? When a terrible tragedy strikes the village, old Luzon’s warning about El Diablo returns to haunt Ramon. If El Diablo actually exists, it will take all Ramon’s courage to face the winged creature waiting for him offshore.
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From the depths of a cave in the Vermilion Sea, Ramon Salazar has wrested a black pearl so lustrous and captivating that his father, an expert pearl dealer, is certain Ramon has found the legendary Pearl of Heaven. Such a treasure is sure to bring great joy to the villagers of their tiny coastal town, and even greater renown to the Salazar name. No diver, not even the swaggering Gaspar Ruiz, has ever found a pearl like this!
But is there a price to pay for a prize so great? When a terrible tragedy strikes the village, old Luzon’s warning about El Diablo returns to haunt Ramon. If El Diablo actually exists, it will take all Ramon’s courage to face the winged creature waiting for him offshore.
But is there a price to pay for a prize so great? When a terrible tragedy strikes the village, old Luzon’s warning about El Diablo returns to haunt Ramon. If El Diablo actually exists, it will take all Ramon’s courage to face the winged creature waiting for him offshore.
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- Title The Black Pearl
- Author Scott O'Dell; Milton Johnson (Illustrator)
- Binding Hardback
- Edition Ex-library/first
- Pages 140
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Boston
- Publication date 1967-09-09
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780395069615 / 0395069610
- Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 8.52 x 6.4 x 0.65 in (21.64 x 16.26 x 1.65 cm)
- Age range 12 to UP years
- Grade levels 7 - UP
- Reading level 980
- Category Young Adult Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects Mexico, Coming of age
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007272978
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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