Summaries for The Black Pearl

The story was about a Mexican teenager named Ramon Salazar who works with his father finding and selling pearls. One day, Ramon went diving in an underwater cave in search of pearls and found a pearl bigger than his fist. It was so shiny and big that he thought that it was called the Pearl of Heaven. The pearl was found in a lagoon that belonged to an Indian who warned Ramon that the pearl belonged to the Manta Diablo.
This book was Published in 1967 and printed in 1977.
Author: Scott O'Dell

Plot Summary
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.

The book Summary on the back
Old Salazar held the pearl to the light and turned it around and around. He gave it to his son, who had found the peral in the underwater cave of the lagoon "You have in your hand the Pearl of the Universe, the paragon of Pearls, the Great Pearl of Heaven!" he said
When the pearl merchants wouldn't meet his price, Blas Salazar presented the fabulous gem to the madonna of the church of La Paz. "the House of Salazar shall be favored in heaven, now and forever," he proudly proclaimed and firmly believed.
But there were others who belived a curse had surly been brought down upon Salazar and Son and their fleet, for the Manta Diablo, monster devilfish, would reclaim his treasure.
And it was young Ramon who would have to undo the evil he had begun.

Film adaptation
In 1977, Saul Swimmer directed the U.S.-Spanish co-production The Black Pearl aka La Perla Negra.

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