Ramon Salazar knows someday he will become a partner with his father, pearling the waters of Baja California. But now, at sixteen, he is more excited to begin pearling on his own. He dreams of finding the great pearl: the magnificant Pearl of Heaven. This pearl would make him a very rich man. But what Ramon doesn't realize is that the pearl would reshape his life in other ways, too. Ways he can't imagine. As part of the O'Dell extravaganza, this Newbery Honor book will be published in a beautiful new paperback edition. Filled with adventure and suspense, this is another classic that will live on in the hearts and minds of young readers for generations to come.