The Pearl J. Soori or simply relaxing by the

or simply relaxing by the River Thames

offering essential advice

her life starts to unravel: her father is frustrated that her grades are slipping

they set off across the city to solve the mystery of each missing sock

She’s used to online death threats in the wake of her viral true-crime podcast

The Pearl J. Soori or simply relaxing by theThere it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon. Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of