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Summary: I give The Black Pearl a four star rating.
Review: I give The Black Pearl four stars because it is very adventurous and suspenseful. The main character in the Black Pearl is a boy named Ramon Salazar. Ramon has always dreamed of joining his father's pearling company. Finally, one day when he's sixteen his father lets him go with the fleet to dive for pearls. When they get to the place where they dive, his father says he is not trained so he has to stay aboard the boat. Will Ramon ever be trained and get to dive with the fleet? You'll only find out if you read the book The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell. I recommend this book to ages nine and up.
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Summary: BORING
Review: I Kim Stramaglia think this book was one of the worst books I have ever read.It had a boring plot and prdictable ending. I do not recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: informative but emotionless
Review: I read this story in one sitting, and found it readable and informative and gripping enough to finish, but the tone is characteristic of Scott O'Dell: emotionless! Although I liked the book, I can't say I loved it. In fact, at several points I felt like saying, "who cares?!?"I think the whole thing about O'Dell is that there is something empty about his writing, something dead and dry. When his characters die you don't really feel bothered by it, because it's almost like they were emotionally dead anyway - like he didn't bring them to life. I think that's why The Island of the Blue Dolphins worked better than this one. In the Blue Dolphins, the main character really was in an odd way dead - completely separated from her entire family, tribe...and from humanity. And somehow O'Dell made her seem so much more real - you could relate to her. In this book, however (just like in Zia), he tries to create a main character who is connected with humanity, with a community, and with a family...but somehow you're just left feeling that those connections are missing. I keep hoping the next book I pick up by him will move me the way Island of the Blue Dolphins did, and I keep getting let down.
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Summary: Laura Beth's Review
Review: I really liked that book. It was ok. I gues it was ok. I liked the part where the Manta Diablo was following them around in the night. Can you belive how big that manta was? Then he found the black pearl. It was a really cool story.
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Summary: The Black Pearl
Review: I think that The Black Pearl was an alright book. The main character,Ramon,reamed of becoming an amazing pearler like his father. Finally, when he turns 16, he gets his wish and is able to go on a dive with his father ,but only as part of the crew on board because diving is too dangerous. When Ramon soon learns how to dive he discovers the Pearl of Heaven which belongs to Manta Diobla, an enormous sea creature that Ramon had heard scary stories about when he was a child. Soon strange and horrible things start to happen. You will have to read the book to figure out what happens exactly thoough. This book kept me on the edge wanting to read more. I only gave it four stars instead of five becuase in some spots i could predict what was goin to happen to the main chracters. The plot was differnt from those that i have read so thats what kept me interested and entertained. I do reccommend this book.
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Summary: I was shocked by some of the language
Review: I thought the Black Pearl was going to be a harmless children's book. Little did I know that it was full of violence and sex. I suppose in this day and age I shouldn't be surprised but I was. If you buy this for your kids you may need to take a black marker to some of the racier parts.
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Summary: The Black Pearl
Review: I thought the book was very interesting and was very action packed.The book didn't want you to put it down.The book was very interesting and it was a very good survival story.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I thought this book was ok. It starts out with Ramon Salazar growing up hearing about the dangerous Manta Diablo. When he is 16, he has his first pearling trip with his dad's business. He becomes apart of it. He soon goes to a location anf finds the famous, Black Pearl, and he donates it to the Madonna. The business goes for another trip without Ramon, but only one person survived from a terrible storm. Once Ramon finds the pearl is bringing bad luch, he decides to bring it back to where he found it, but was soon kidnapped. The kidnapper and Ramon set out to sell the pearl somewhere else. While on the trip, the Manta Diablo causes some trouble. The kidnapper wants to kill it and is soon fighting it under the sea. Ramon realizes he is free to go and he rushes back home with the pearl. He gives the pearl back to the Madonna and soon realizes what he did was right.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I thought this book was really good.I enjoyed the plot and there was a lot of suspense.I would defently reccommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: Stupid, confusing, not interesting.
Review: I was made to read this book at school. I have to tell you, I am not to impressed with it. I never really liked O'Dell's books, so it wasn't a surprize when I didn't think this one was to good. One thing I didn't understand was that Ramon stole the pearl from the Madonna when he agreed to keep it there. Some of the wording I really didn't understand which I had to read over again. Also, Ramon was so stupid to not listen to anybody's idea's but his, so he gets in so much trouble that you would think nobody would get in because they are not that stupid. Anyway, just don't get this book. Please!!!!
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