مروارید سیاه (کتاب افتخار نیوبری)

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. publishers Weekly a 16-year-old Boy Does Battle With An Enormous Devilfish That Guards A Rare, Black Pearl. Pw Said This 1968 Newbery Honor Book Reverberates With Proud Admiration Of The Courage Of The Human Spirit. Ages 10-up. (mar.) Everyone who lives in our town La Paz, or along the far coasts or among the high mountains of Baja California, has heard of the Manta Diablo. In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl that he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil who legend says is its owner