So hard to put down. I cried. You should too! Enough said. ( )

Mr. Steinbeck did a great job with such a timeless story. My heart went out to Kino and his family. They deserved better than what happened to them, but the moral behind the story is the lesson learned by the reader. ( )

This little book is full with timeless symbols about life,wealth and society. Everybody can find someting else that`s important for himself.
For me it was : Beware, sometimes you get what you wish for!
Another great story from Steinbeck ( )

Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com

Kino and his wife, Juana, have a beautiful baby boy, but one morning he gets stung by a scorpion. He is rushed to the doctor, who will not treat him because they have no form of payment.

The parents get in their boat to look for a pearl to use as payment, and, amazingly, find one that is referred to as the "moon" -- and is about the size of a goose egg.

What happens when they go to the dealers to collect their money? You'll have to read this classic novel to find out.

THE PEARL is a very short book that, honestly, I wouldn't have chosen to read except that it's for school. It's a very basic story, but everything in the book also has a double meaning, which is thought-provoking. ( )

This book is a rendition of an old mexican folk tale that teaches you that greed is bad and you should be happy with what you have. In the story a diver, named Kino, goes diving and finds a great pearl. His fairy tale story ends when people try to get the pearl and chase him out of his city and into the mountains. The ending will suprise you.
I personally didn't really like this book. The beginning was kind of boring and the end kind of sad. I got lost in the large vocabulary used in the book sometimes. It wasn't all bad- the descriptions were good and the middle of the book was pretty exciting, but it definitally wasn't my favorite. ( )