TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fuentes, Vilma May A.
TI  - Pearl makers: six stories about children in the Philippines 
SN  - 377001910
AV  - PL 6164.8.C5 .F952 1989
PY  - 1989///];copyright 1989
CY  - New York
PB  - Freindship Press
KW  - Children's stories, Philippine
KW  - sears
N2  -  a Boy Scout in Mindanao learns that he and his Muslim friend worship the same God. Set amid the rich geographic and cultural variety of an island nation, Pearl Makers introduces current political and economic realities in the Philippines and shows how deeply the church is involved in people's lives;  a girl in the Mountain Province discovers her vocation through the witness of a medical mission team;  an orphaned boy in a Manila slum draws strength from the Bible; Like oysters forming precious pearls from the grains of sand that stray into their shells, the Filipino children in these six stories confront trials in their lives with determination and creativity. North American children in grades one through six will learn about their peers growing up in situations very different from their own
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