SJPL Picks: Chapter Books for Filipino American History MonthLike this list

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• The Takeout

  Badua, Tracy,

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  Twelve-year-old Mia uses Filipino folk magic to take down the shady chef brothers who are threatening her family's food truck.

• Only Only Marisol Rainey

  Kelly, Erin Entrada,

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  Marisol and her best friend Jada love to ride their bikes, except when they have to ride past a dangerous beast they call Daggers, but when Daggers gets loose, Marisol unexpectedly rescues him, conquering one of her biggest fears.

• Adrift

  Guerrero, Tanya,

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  The resilience of two cousins is tested when one of them is lost at sea and washes up on a deserted island while the other remains at home, holding on to the belief that her beloved cousin is still alive.

• Marikit and the Ocean of Stars

  Cruz, Caris Avendaño,

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  Swept into Engkantos, the land of gods and spirits, ten-year-old Marikit embarks on a quest to save her family from a sinister shadow god.

• Freddie Vs. the Family Curse

  Badua, Tracy,

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  When he discovers a century-old amulet from the Philippines that's supposed to bring good luck, Freddie couldn't be more wrong and has thirteen days to break a curse or meet an untimely demise.

• Sugar and Spite

  Villanueva, Gail D.,

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  Jolina can't take Claudine's bullying any longer! The taunts and teasing are too much. Though Jolina knows she's still in-training to use her grandfather's arbularyo magic, she sneaks into his potions lab to get her revenge. Jolina brews a batch of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Win a Slime War

  Respicio, Mae,

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  After moving to Sacramento to take over his grandparent's Filipino market, sixth-grader Alex seeks popularity by selling homemade slime at school, while his father insists he join a soccer team.

• We Belong

  Everman, Cookie Hiponia,

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  Through a bedtime story to her daughters, a woman weaves together her immigration story and Pilipino mythology. Includes glossary, songs, and author's note.

• Any Day With You

  Respicio, Mae,

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  During the summer before seventh grade, Kaia, who enjoys living in Southern California, visiting the beach with her family, and creating movie make-up effects, makes a film with her friends to win a contest and hopefullly prevent her beloved…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Make Friends With the Sea

  Guerrero, Tanya,

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  Moving to the Philippines with his zoologist mother, twelve-year-old Pablo struggles with anxiety while his mother fosters an orphaned child with a facial anomaly.

• My Fate According to the Butterfly

  Villanueva, Gail D.,

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  n one week Sabrina will be eleven-years-old and she would really like to get her estranged parents and her older sister Nadine together for the celebration, especially since the black butterfly landing on her locket has convinced her that she is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House That Lou Built

  Respicio, Mae,

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  Longing for an escape from her extended Filipino family, Lou plans to build a tiny house on land she inherited from her father, but difficulties quickly arise.

• Everlasting Nora

  Cruz, Marie Miranda,

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  After surviving a fire in which her father dies, Nora and her mother live in a cemetery, but when her mother disappears and a loan shark steals her savings, Nora finds support from her cemetery neighbors to earn some money and search for her mother.

• The Land of Forgotten Girls

  Kelly, Erin Entrada,

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  Abandoned by their father and living in poverty with their heartless stepmother in Louisiana, two sisters from the Philippines, twelve-year-old Sol and six-year-old Ming, learn the true meaning of family.