Mabuhay!: A Graphic Novel by Zachary Sterling
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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?
About the Author
Zachary Sterling is a Filipino-American illustrator, sequential artist, writer, and animation designer. Over the past several years, Zachary has worked on comics and graphic novels for young adult readers as well as animation designs for Frederator Studios and Netflix. He was born in Torrance, California, but raised in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon -- the place he proudly calls home.
Publisher : Graphix
Publication date : October 17, 2023
Language : English
Softbound : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 1338738607
ISBN-13 : 978-1338738605
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Reading age : 8 - 12 years
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.75 x 8 inches
Grade level : 3 - 7
Lexile measure : GN300L