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O'Dell, Scott
THE BLACK PEARL
New York : Dell, 1977
IL 5-8 RL 5.2
ISBN 0395069610
Manta Diablo is a legend -- or is it? Ramon Salazar, son of successful pearl divers fleet owner, learns to dive from the Indian who lives in a lagoon with Black Pearl. A'Sevillano doesn't believe in such nonsense but ends up dying at his beck. Ramon believes he has reached manhood from his experience.
SUBJECTS:     Pearl diving -- Fiction
                        Baja California (Mexico) -- Fiction

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