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Carolyn Marsden says that THE BUDDHA'S DIAMONDS was inspired by a talk given by Thây Phâp Niêm to the . THE BUDDHA'S DIAMONDS is the story of a young Buddhist facing his first adult responsibilities in the face of adversity

Carolyn Marsden says that THE BUDDHA'S DIAMONDS was inspired by a talk given by Thây Phâp Niêm to the children of Deer Park Monastery. Thây Phâp Niêm’s childhood experiences form the basis of THE BUDDHA'S DIAMONDS. A year after the storm depicted in the story, he escaped postwar Vietnam and became a Buddhist monk. THE BUDDHA'S DIAMONDS is the story of a young Buddhist facing his first adult responsibilities in the face of adversity. Though Tinh's prayers and rituals are specific to his religion, the themes of faith, filial obligation, trust and growing up are universal.

The Buddha's Diamonds book. Marsden writes a story based on the childhood experiences of Vietnames immigrant Thay Phap Niem (co-author). They present a sweet little tale about a boy named Tinh who is caught between childhood interests and pleasures and the adult responsibilities of helping his father fish as a source of income. One day a storm comes of greater strength than he's ever seen, and he repeatedly is faced with choices: do I respond as a child or do I respond as a man?

He wore his cone-shaped straw hat and carried a bag containing two pink sweet potatoes wrapped in banana leaves, water in an old soda bottle, and the propeller.

He wore his cone-shaped straw hat and carried a bag containing two pink sweet potatoes wrapped in banana leaves, water in an old soda bottle, and the propeller d given him. Deep in the other was First Uncle’s green Buddha. As he left Hai Nhuan, Tinh passed the cemetery in back of the village. Banoi and Ong Noi were buried here. He’d been sad when they’d died. Knowing that, Tinh felt better. Wilted flowers lay strewn around the gravestones.

After a storm engulfs his village, a Vietnamese boy has glimmers of a new calling in this spare middle-grade novel written with authenticity and grace. After a storm engulfs his village, a Vietnamese boy has glimmers of a new calling in this spare middle-grade novel written with authenticity and grace. Every day, Tinh heads out to sea with his father to catch fish for their family and the market.

The Buddha's "diamonds," those things that are more important than earthly belongings, help remind him of his blessings and the priorities of life. His family has known war, hard work and disasters, but in each case, they have managed to rise above them and succeed. Tinh experiences the range of feelings of a boy no longer a child-shame, loss, joy, obedience, fear and the weight of fulfilling the role of a proper son to his ancestors and extended family. Aimed at a more sophisticated audience of transitional readers, this will have to be booktalked

Marsden, Carolyn; Niem, Thay Phap.

Marsden, Carolyn; Niem, Thay Phap.

Used availability for Carolyn Marsden's The Buddha's Diamonds. February 2008 : USA Hardback. August 2010 : USA Paperback.

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She held out two pieces of bamboo and some pink paper, a bit of string, and a bottle of glue. You brought everything," he said. I remembered what you needed. Tinh stood on tiptoe and looked toward the soccer field

She held out two pieces of bamboo and some pink paper, a bit of string, and a bottle of glue. Tinh stood on tiptoe and looked toward the soccer field. If there was a soccer game oing, he certainly didn't want to spend time with his sister. But it was probably too late to join the game. Plus his cousins would tease him for staying in the temple. Tinh sat down on a low wall and fastened Lan's bamboo sticks into the shape of a cross

The Buddha’s right hand rested in his lap, close to the earth, while the other was raised in the mudra for peace. The Buddha, with his full cheeks and almond eyes, looked something like Ba, Tinh’s father.

The Buddha’s right hand rested in his lap, close to the earth, while the other was raised in the mudra for peace. Tinh’s cousins - Trang Ton, Dong, and Anh - also bowed, not so quickly that the adults would make them prostrate again, but with no time wasted. They longed to get outside before the monk began his long talk. Several side altars were laden with vases of sweet jasmine and offerings of globular green guavas and waxy star fruit.