01255nam a2200253Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500650005810000200012370000190014326000380016230000300020030000100023002000180024065000330025860000370029161000150032865300150034305000230035854600150038152005700039633600090096633700150097533800110099020260803094209.0251212s1997    xx            000 0 und d1 aOwl friends /cCarla M. Pacis; illustrated by Yasmin S. Ong.1 aPacis, Carla M.  aOng, Yasmin S.  aMandaluyong :bCacho Pub,cc1997.  a82 pages: billustrations  c21 cm  a971-19-0204-4  aPhilippine fiction (English) 4aPhilippine literature (English);  aRespect;    aFriendship  a823.3914 P11o 2001  ain English  aThis is a novel of friendship and respect. Set in the aftermath of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption, this novel begins woth a family`s oredeal in setiing up a new life in a new place. Amelia, a young girl, still has nightmares about the volcano when she begins school anew. Here she meets Jhonny, the best student in classwho also happens to be an Aeta boy with the funniest hair she has ever seen.  What she learns from her small friend is not only a lesson in Biology class or herbal medicine but how openness and understanding can overcome the most stubborn prejudices.  atext  aunmediated  avolume