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    Samantha Sutton and the Winter of the Warrior Queen
    Samantha Sutton and the Winter of the Warrior Queen
    Samantha Sutton and the Winter of the Warrior Queen
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    Samantha Sutton and the Winter of the Warrior Queen

    By Jordan Jacobs

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    A secret society, a lost fortress, a precious artifact only Samantha Sutton can protect.

    Twelve-year-old Samantha Sutton isn't sure she wants to go to England with her Uncle Jay, a brilliant, risk-taking archeologist. But the trip seems safe enough—a routine excavation in Cambridge—and Samantha has always had a love for the past.

    At first the project seems unremarkable—just a survey to clear the way for a massive theme park. But everything changes when Sam uncovers something extraordinary. Are the local legends true? Is this the site of the ancient fortress belonging to Queen Boudica, the warrior queen? What treasures might be found?

    When others begin to learn of her findings, Samantha senses she is in danger. Can any of her friends be trusted? Samantha will need to solve the mystery of the site in order to protect herself and let the world know of her remarkable discovery.

    Praise for Samantha Sutton and the Labyrinth of Lies:

    "Suspenseful."—Time for Kids

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSourcebooks
    Release dateJan 7, 2014
    ISBN9781402275647
    Samantha Sutton and the Winter of the Warrior Queen
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    Jordan Jacobs

    JORDAN JACOBS’ love of mummies, castles, and Indiana Jones led to his first archaeological excavation at age 13 in California’s Sierra Nevada. He followed his passion at Stanford, Oxford, and Cambridge and through his work for the Smithsonian, the American Museum of Natural History, and UNESCO. His love of travel has taken him to almost fifty countries. His novels Samantha Sutton and the Labyrinth of Lies and Samantha Sutton and the Winter of the Warrior Queen were inspired by his work at Chavín de Huántar, Peru and in England. He now works as the Head of Cultural Policy at the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley. Visit him at www.j-jacobs.com or http://www.facebook.com/OfficialJordanJacobsPage.

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    • 4/5
      At the age of sixteen, Ramon Salazar is ready to enter into the pearl business. His father starts him off learning the books and weighing the pearls, but what Ramon really wants to do is dive. He dreams of finding a large one, the Pearl of Heaven. But lurking in the background is the Manta Diablo, a figure of nightmares that mothers warn their children about and one who an older Ramon narrating the story tells us only he has seen and lived to tell the tale.I have not been a huge fan of the other books I've read by Scott O'Dell, but I gave this one a try because it was a Newbery Honor and also very short. The writing is very evocative and atmospheric, but none of the characters really captured my interest and I had a really hard time with a manta ray as the big bad buy. I might have liked it better as a child reading an adventure story, as I liked the ending better than others of his that just seemed to cut off suddenly.
    • 4/5
      The Black Pearl is a well-written coming of age story, even a bit of a page turner. The book grabbed my attention quickly and then held it by steadily tightening the stakes. Yet somehow I finished the book with a shrug. As with O'Dell's Sing Down the Moon, there's no pathos to the prose. You're incredibly close to the protagonist, but you're never really in his head. I did my best to fill in the blanks, especially after tragedy struck (as it always does in his books). Just think of this as an emotional DIY project while enjoying the story itself, which I found quite compelling.
    • 4/5
      Ramon Salazar works for his father, a pearl fisherman and dealer, but is always working in the shop instead of out fishing for pearls with the men. He longs to be a pearl diver. He heads off on his own one day to fish in a secluded lagoon and finds the ultimate pearl, smoky black, perfectly round, and enormous. The Pearl of Heaven however, seems to come only at a dear price for he who finds it. Reminiscent of John Steinbeck.
    • 5/5
       I liked this book for three main reasons. First, I really liked how O’Dell once again ensured the main character of the book was well developed. The reader could really see how young Ramon Salazar grew into a man throughout the book. The book starts with Ramon reminiscing about the past and then he retells the story of the Black Pearl. But throughout the story, the reader is able to see the different situations he dealt with and how he handled them. The decisions he made and how he acted emulated how he was maturing. Second, I thought it was very interesting how there were illustrations dispersed throughout the book. They were more abstract-type illustrations and appeared as if they were drawn with pencil. I thought that they enhanced the story because they enriched the mood of what was happening in the story. Also, by using black pencil drawings/sketches I thought it dramatized the ominous feel of some things that happened in the story. For example, one illustration depicts the Manta Diablo and it appears as if the creature encompasses the entire sketch. This gives the feeling of how dangerous and large the creature is. Lastly, I felt the descriptive language, paired with these intermittent illustrations, helped to activate the readers’ imagination. For example, when describing El Diablo in a passage it says, “The Manta Diablo is the larger than the largest ship in the harbor. He has seven rows of teeth.” This passage, and many others alike allow for the reader to create a picture of this massive beast in their minds. The main message of the book is something may not always be as it seems; nature can be beautiful and offer great treasure but it could also be dangerous and cause tragedy too.
    • 4/5
      It is around the turn of the twentieth century, and sixteen-year-old Ramon Salazar lives in the town of La Paz on the Baja California coast of Mexico, with his father Blas, the owner of a lucrative pearl fishing business, mother, and two sisters. Blas Salazar had promised his son that when he turned sixteen he would make Ramon a partner in his business, allow him to sail with the fleet, and teach him how to dive for pearls. However, following his birthday Ramon gets to go only once, staying on the boat, and afterwards is left home to work in the shop because his father is afraid of losing his only son to the sea. So Ramon makes a secret arrangement with an Indian diver named Soto Luzon to learn how to dive for pearls from him while his father’s fleet is out. One of Senor Salazar’s divers, Gaspar Ruiz, a young man who is called the Sevillano because he came from Seville, Spain, claims to have found a giant pearl the size of a hen’s egg in the Gulf of Persia which he sold to the Shah for a lot of money. Also, in the Vermilion Sea off the shores of La Paz, there is a giant ray known as the Manta Diablo, stories of which mothers in La Paz used to frighten their children into obedience. Soto Luzon says that the Manta Diablo lives in and guards the lagoon near his house, so Ramon goes there to dive and finds The Pearl of Heaven. When Senor Salazar is not offered enough money for it, he gives it to the church. But after the Salazar fleet is destroyed in a storm and everyone, including Ramon’s father, is lost, except for the Sevillano who manages to escape, Ramon finds that the pearl has brought him two enemies—the Manta Diablo and the Sevillano. Then the pearl is stolen. Who took it? And what will happen to Ramon? Author Scott O’Dell has written some great books. We liked Island of the Blue Dolphins, although we did not care for its sequel Zia quite as well, and we really liked The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day about William Tyndale. I wonder if O’Dell based The Black Pearl on the same Mexican legend that John Steinbeck used for his book The Pearl. It is an interesting adventure-type story with a touch of suspense that has little objectionable. The Spanish phrase “Madre de Dios,” which means “Mother of God,” is used a couple of times as an exclamation, which I understand is fairly common in Mexico. As one might expect, there are several Roman Catholic beliefs and practices mentioned, with which those of us who are Protestants would not agree. In fact, one person suggested, “Treatment of the Madonna by the people could be impetus for a paper on the theology errors in the book.” However, I choose to look upon these things as simply O’Dell’s depiction of the religious customs of the people in a historical fiction setting. It won a Newbery Honor in 1968. Another individual said that it contains “elements of The Old Man and the Sea and Moby Dick” and is a “heavily symbolic tale about evil, art, the artist, greed and nature.”
    • 5/5
      Ramon has just turned 16. The promise that Ramon’s father made is to be done now that he is 16. Ramon’s father has promised that he would teach him about pearls. But this wasn’t enough. Ramon wanted to learn how to pearl dive too. After Ramon’s father thought about it, he decided to take him out to sea where he watched others pearl dive before he could. One night, Ramon snuck away to the sea of manta diablo. The manta diablo is a myth, he was known as a giant sting ray that lurks the sea. As Ramon dived into the sea all alone, he came across the great black pearl. The black pearl was measured as the biggest pearl he has had. Ramon hid the pearl for several days for his father wasn’t around. When Ramon’s father returned, it was announced to the village: “the black pearl, the pearl of the universe, paragon of pearls, and the great pearl of heaven.” When Ramon’s father decides to sell the pearl, he was soon disgusted with his idea so he went to father Gallardo of the village. Ramon’s father bowed to him, giving the pearl to him for free where it was put in the Madonna for the whole village to admire. A celebration was held five days later. And soon after, storms hit the village killing many, including Ramon’s father. Ramon got the urge to steal the pearl, so he did. He wanted to return it to the sea. But he was followed but the Sevillano. The Sevillano wanted it too. Ramon was basically held hostage. When Ramon and the Sevillano are out in the sea of the manta diablo, fierce things happen when a giant sting ray begins to follow them. It all leads down to the pearl returning to the Madonna as “a gift of adoration, a gift of love.” – This book, “The Black Pearl, by: Scott O’Dell,” was a very good book. You think it’s some boring story in the beginning. It goes by so slow, but as you start understanding the village and all the characters, it’s very entertaining. I could not put the book down. I highly recommend this book to anyone!
    • 3/5
      A short book, geared for young adult or adult, with an interesting premise: a young man learns the family business, 'pearls' but longs to dive for the best, the black pearl. Entertaining, although I was a little 'let down' by how it ended.Worth a read.
    • 3/5
      I thought this was an interesting book - not great. Ramon is a young man who's taken into the pearl business by his father. Not content to do the book keeping, Ramon wants to do the 'manly stuff' - diving for pearls. While his father is away, Ramon asks an old pearl diver to teach him. Reluctantly the old man agrees and while diving on his own for the first time, Ramon finds a huge black pearl. Unfortunately, instead of being a boon for his family and his people, the Black Pearl is a harbinger of doom.Obviously and rightly geared toward a younger audience, the book still left me with more questions than I would have expected.
    • 4/5
      an exciting book about a boy diving for pearls.
    • 4/5
      In this short novella Ramon seeks to prove his worth, finds an amazing treasure, loses his father, and confronts the wicked bully. And yet the story is told in spare lines and the myth (or reality) of the Manta Diablo infuses it all with a curious mixture of faith and disbelief.
    • 3/5
      An exciting story about a young pearl diver and his family. Thrills and chills.
    • 5/5
      What a perfectly beautiful story. It is perfect. Short, meaningful...carefully chosen words. This is the Newberry honor book, makes me wonder what won. This is classic literature for kids and YA.
    • 4/5
      Ramon Salazar is 16 years old and lives off Baja, California. His father is in the pearl diving business, and Ramon is eager to help him by being a diver. He finds a very expensive pearl that ends up bringing a lot of trouble to his family and community. Or does it?This was a Newbery Honor book in 1968. I enjoyed the story very much, but it is hard to write a review on a book so short without giving too many details away. It is a brief, but very enjoyable read. Scott O'Dell also wrote Island of the Blue Dolphins, a Newbery Award winner.
    • 3/5
      Pretty much your standard coming-of-age story. If I were recommending Newbery's to someone, I wouldn't start them off with this one.
    • 3/5
      Pretty much your standard coming-of-age story. If I were recommending Newbery's to someone, I wouldn't start them off with this one.
    • 4/5
      This story is about a sixteen-year-old named Ramon Salazar's. His misfortunes begin when he retrieves an enormous black pearl from a secluded lagoon. This lagoon just happens to be the domain of a giant devilfish, which the locals call Manta Diablo. When Ramon realizes that having taken the pearl from the sea has caused unforeseen consequences for him, he attempts to return it. But in attempting to return the pearl, Ramon further imperial his life and his soul. I would recommend this book for those students in grades five through eight.

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