The Black Pearl: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

Scott O'Dell

Sep 1967 · Sold by HarperCollins

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A Newbery Honor Book

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.

Like the author's Newbery Medal-winning classic Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell's The Black Pearl is a gripping tale of survival, strength, and courage.

Ratings and reviews

This was a fantastic book with a lot of what-ifs that could have happened but didn't happen. I felt that the ending was lacking but, overall i liked this book a lot. It is about a boy who finds the great pearl of heaven, which should have been helpful but is only the beginning of a series of miserable events. One of which involves with a life or death situation.

This book is very good and how Ramon, a main character finds a thing called the Manta Diablo. There is a enormus pearl, which Ramon thought was a rock, seems to be a perl, a black pearl. Ramon must escape before the Manta Diablo might find him.

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About the author

Scott O’Dell (1898–1989), one of the most respected authors of historical fiction, received the Newbery Medal, three Newbery Honor Medals, and the Hans Christian Andersen Author Medal, the highest international recognition for a body of work by an author of books for young readers. Some of his many books include The Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Road to Damietta, Sing Down the Moon, and The Black Pearl.