Prieta

There are seven thousand islands in the Philippines with nine hundred thought to be inhabited but a small group of people were found that were the most primitive to have lived into the twentieth century. These people produced no clothing or tools but lived by hunting and gathering in the jungle. This is the story of a typical Mormon family who decide to adopt into their family a young Filipino girl from the jungle. Prieta, meaning the dark one, although completely innocent is still quite primitive in her thinking. Though not the main character she is the catalyst that makes the story work. She falls in love with her foster sister's boy friend Bret who more than anything in the world wants to marry the Bishop's daughter Norma although he does not meet the standards she has set for a husband.