Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Black Pearl is a young adult novel by Scott O'Dell first published in 1967 about the coming of age of the son of a pearl dealer living in the Baja peninsula .
Simplified: The Black Pearl is a book for teens by Scott O'Dell first published in 1967 . It is about the son of a pearl dealer living in the Lower California peninsula .