YO YO MAKER Pedro Flores PAIGE V POLINSKY Checkerboard Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
Chapter 1 New Life Pedro Flores was a passionate inventor and salesman He brought new life to a toy that had been around since ancient times He started the modern yo-yo craze Pedro Edralin Flores was born on April 26 1899 in the Philippines He grew up in Vintar a town in the Ilocos Norte province Little is known about Pedro’s family or early life The early 1900s were a difficult time in Pedro’s homeland The United States had just won the Spanish-American War Before the war Spain had ruled the Philippines As part of the treaty it gave the Philippines to the United States But many Filipinos were tired of being ruled by another country So in 1899 a war began between the Philippines and the United States The Philippine-American War lasted three years The United States won in 1902 and kept control of the Philippines This brought changes to Pedro’s hometown It was annexed by the city of Bacarra for 4
Pedro Flores’s hometown of Vintar is located on the Philippines Luzon Island several years only to break ties in 1908 Young Pedro’s life continued to change In 1915 he moved to the United States at the age of 16 5
