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The Pearl
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Author:
Steinbeck, John
Author of introduction, etc.:
Wagner-Martin, Linda
Illustrator:
Orozco, Jose Clemente
Published:
Penguin Publishing Group 1993
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IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure:
1000L
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“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.”
 
Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of comfort and of security....
A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love.
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Street Date:
02/01/1993
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781101199343
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B0013N88BG
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Lexile measure:
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John Steinbeck. (1993). The Pearl. Penguin Publishing Group.

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John Steinbeck. 1993. The Pearl. Penguin Publishing Group.

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John Steinbeck, The Pearl. Penguin Publishing Group, 1993.

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John Steinbeck. The Pearl. Penguin Publishing Group, 1993.

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Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of comfort and of security....
A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love.
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        "[Steinbeck has] long trained his prose style for such a task as this: that supple unstrained, muscular power, responsive to the slightest pull of the reins."— Chicago Sunday Times

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A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love.
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