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Mabuhay!: A Graphic Novel

by Zachary Sterling

Family food truck meets Filipino folklore

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

Family food truck meets Filipino folklore

JJ and Althea’s school-day worries are tangled up with family responsibilities: the first-generation Filipino siblings help their parents run a food truck, even when its pig costume and sample duty feel embarrassing. Their mother’s familiar folklore lessons take on a different significance when creatures from those stories threaten the family. The setup brings questions of belonging and embracing one’s identity into a story that also draws on Filipino cultural traditions, food, and sibling teamwork.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

Middle-grade readers interested in graphic novels that combine action and adventure with family life.
Readers curious about Filipino folklore and stories centered on food, family, and cultural identity.

Themes

Belonging and identitySibling relationshipsFamily work and responsibilityFilipino folklore and cultural tradition

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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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