Monday, January 5, 2015

The Pearl

The Pearl 

Author: John Steinbeck
Reviewed by: Griffin H.


This captivating story about a pearl diving family that lives in Mexico involves lots of conflict, death, and a very large pearl. This book is amazingly well written and thought out. I definitely recommend this book as a short story to read if you have three or four hours to kill.

The book is about how a man heavily in debt finds a pearl the size of an egg. Lots of conflict and violence ensue after the find, including burning down houses, people tracking him and his family, and a great escape to the mountains.

I think this is a good book for those in 4th grade and higher, due to an abundance of violence throughout the book. But it is an amazing story and very action packed for a mere ninety pages.


I really loved the book. The ability to keep you on the edge of your seat, the wide vocabulary, and multiple elements used in the story to create a natural image in your head was great. It makes you feel like you were actually in the book, with the action happening around you! I loved this book, and upon reading it, I believe you will too.

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