My Lists
Featured Lists
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2010
Gr 9-Up This collection of 27 short stories, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed "Growing Up Filipino" (PALH, 2003), reflects the impact of post-9/11 wartime sensibilities among Filipino writers living in the Philippines, the United States, and Canada. Although similar topics of family, memoir, and coming-of-age thread through both collections, the pieces are not grouped by theme, but nevertheless weave a constantly shifting tapestry of Filipino identity. The challenges and conflicts of unique ancest...Log In or Sign Up to Read More