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Mabuhay!: A Graphic Novel

by Zachary Sterling

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Filipino folklore meets family food-truck life

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Award recognition
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (APALA) Honor Book
Named an APALA Honor Book.

Filipino folklore meets family food-truck life

JJ and Althea are navigating different ideas of belonging: JJ wants to blend in at school, while Althea wants acceptance without changing who she is. At home, helping their parents run a food truck brings its own embarrassment, especially when their assigned costumes involve a dancing pig. The siblings have heard their mother’s Filipino folklore lessons many times, but those familiar stories take on new significance when witches, ogres, and other creatures threaten their family. The graphic novel links a middle-grade story about school and family responsibilities with folkloric fantasy, placing Filipino cultural stories alongside the siblings’ efforts to understand themselves and protect the people closest to them.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

Middle-grade readers interested in sibling stories and questions of belonging
Kids drawn to graphic novels that combine fantasy creatures with Filipino folklore
Readers curious about family food-truck life and Filipino cultural stories

Themes

Belonging and self-acceptanceSibling relationshipsFamily responsibilitiesFilipino folklore and cultural heritage

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Book overview

An Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (APALA) Honor Book

An Eisner Award Nominee

From rising star Zachary Sterling comes a humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel that celebrates food, family, and folklore.

Can two kids save the world and work their family food truck?

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?

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