Bibliograph

Mabuhay!, by Zachary Sterling

Type

Label

Mabuhay!, by Zachary Sterling

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Mabuhay!

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Responsibility statement

by Zachary Sterling

Summary

First-generation Filipino siblings JJ and Althea struggle to belong at school. JJ wants to fit in with the crowd, while Althea wants to be accepted as she is. To make matters worse, they have to help their parents run the family food truck by dressing up as a dancing pig and passing out samples. Ugh! And their mom is always pointing out lessons from Filipino folklore -- annoying tales they've heard again and again. But when witches, ogres, and other creatures from those same stories threaten their family, JJ and Althea realize that the folklore may be more real that they'd suspected. Can they embrace who they really are and save their family?

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification