Mabuhay!

Title
Mabuhay!

Personal Author EPSB
Zack. 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. But between the leftover Filipino food their mom packs for their lunches to having a last name that nobody can pronounce, any sense of belonging seems like a long shot. To make matters worse, they have to help their parents run the family food truck, dressing up as a dancing pig and passing out samples. Ugh! And their parents are always drawing parallels between their poor work ethic and lazy characters from Filipino folklore -- stories they've heard again and again. But when witches, ogres, and other creatures from those same stories appear in their town and threaten their family, JJ and Althea realize that the myths their parents have always told them may be more real than they'd suspected. Can JJ and Althea embrace who they really are and save their family?

Other Title
Mabuhay! : can two kids save the world and still work their family food truck?

Year Published
2023

Physical Description
228 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm

Subject
Food trucks -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Filipino American children -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Mythology, Philippine -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Folklore -- Philippines -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Group identity -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Filipino American families -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Children of immigrants -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Siblings -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Belonging (Social psychology) -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Genre
Graphic novels.
 
Action and adventure comics.
 
Domestic comics.
 
Humorous comics.

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. But between the leftover Filipino food their mom packs for their lunches to having a last name that nobody can pronounce, any sense of belonging seems like a long shot. To make matters worse, they have to help their parents run the family food truck, dressing up as a dancing pig and passing out samples. Ugh! And their parents are always drawing parallels between their poor work ethic and lazy characters from Filipino folklore -- stories they've heard again and again. But when witches, ogres, and other creatures from those same stories appear in their town and threaten their family, JJ and Althea realize that the myths their parents have always told them may be more real than they'd suspected. Can JJ and Althea embrace who they really are and save their family?

ISBN
9781338738643
 
9781338738605

Publisher
New York, NY : Graphix, 2023.
 
©2023


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
ElmwoodGN STEBook30204000247868Due 1/23/25