He's a real man, he is, an' likes a woman to be a woman, an' not a grizzly bear like you or a black panther like that Pearl.” Pearl's progress up the hill was necessarily slow. The wagons had cut the snow into great ruts which made ...
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.
A sixteen-year-old boy relates his discovery of the Pearl of Heaven and his near-fatal encounter with the feared sea monster, Manta Diablo.
A sixteen-year-old boy relates his discovery of the Pearl of Heaven and his near-fatal encounter with the feared sea monster, Manta Diablo.
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The storys surprise ending neatly wraps up several of the books subplots, bringing together the characters in ways the reader would never have imagined.
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The Black Pearl
In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil who legend says is its owner.
The Black Pearl by Janice Kaiser released on Nov 24, 1986 is available now for purchase.
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