Books with title The Black Pearl Mystery

Debbie Richardson’s third children’s novel for ages 8 to 12 is a fantasy time travel with useful historic observations. This book should appeal to teachers as well as children. Jack and Paul are determined to uncover the mystery surrounding a local, derelict farmhouse around which rumours of ghosts and disappearing people abound. When they venture there one dark, wintry night, they do not expect to end up living in the past. Their journey back in time sees them enjoying history like they never had at school. They befriend a wounded German pilot from World War I whose plane crashes into the mysterious, spooky Black Bog, right before their eyes. In his desperation to help, Jack’s personal journey sees him conquering his fears and finding a new family. The story has a very unexpected twist after the satisfying happy ending. Read it to find out!

Fifty years after the journey of Tivo the Dauntless, his grandson Elvor wishes to imitate his exploits and become the owner of one of the pieces of the Magic Jigsaw Puzzle. Will he be able to do it? The Spanish version of this book was selected for the final phase of the Lazarillo Award in 1983. Manuel Alfonseca is a professor in the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, Spain. In the last 30 years he has published 24 novels in different genres: historic, science-fiction, adventure and fantasy. In 1988 he won the Lazarillo Award, in 2012 the La Brújula Award, and he has been a finalist in several additional prizes.

Excerpt from The Black PearlRoused by these 'sounds, and by his growing hun ger, which the cool purity of the air only augmented, Hanson turned to the boy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Black PearlA terrific noise makes me jump from my chair, a confused uproar Of grating wheels, horse-hoofs, the barking of dogs and the cracking of whips.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.

This book was digitized and reprinted from the collections of the University of California Libraries. It was produced from digital images created through the libraries’ mass digitization efforts. The digital images were cleaned and prepared for printing through automated processes. Despite the cleaning process, occasional flaws may still be present that were part of the original work itself, or introduced during digitization. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found online in the HathiTrust Digital Library at www.hathitrust.org.