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Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Eighteen-year-old Ruby Santos, grappling with her mother's death and financial struggles, discovers her father's secret life as a magical underworld delivery person, leading her to take over his station and jump train lines, only to realize the perilous nature of the job and the dangerous world she has entered.
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Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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After a chance meeting in New York city, Bianca Curtis and "Eric," better known as insanely famous Korean actor Park Hyun Min, spend twelve perfect hours together--only to be torn apart at the end of the night by the inescapable realities of their very distinct worlds. But their story isn't even close to over yet
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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When Bobby is unwillingly outed he turns to boxing, finding a hero in Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, but when Pacquiao publicly denounces homosexuality, Bobby must discover a hero within himself.
Bobby's motto is self preservation. That's how he survived his notoriously violent high school unscathed. Being out and queer would put an unavoidable target on his back, especially in a Filipino community that frowns on homosexuality. When Bobby is unwilling...
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Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"When her long lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows that big trouble can't be far behind in this new mystery by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo. It's Christmastime in Shady Palms, but things are far from jolly for Lila Macapagal. Sure, her new business, The Brew-ha Cafe, is looking to turn a profit in its first year. And yes, she's taken the first step in a new romance with her good friend,...
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Series
Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Medfield Cozy Reads for Adults - Mysteries
Natick-Morse AANHPI Heritage Month
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"The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes-one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. But when a notoriously nasty food critic...
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English
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"How many lives fit in a lifetime? When Hero De Vera arrives in America--haunted by the political upheaval in the Philippines and disowned by her parents--she's already on her third. Her uncle gives her a fresh start in the Bay Area, and he doesn't ask about her past. His younger wife knows enough about the might and secrecy of the De Vera family to keep her head down. But their daughter--the first American-born daughter in the family--can't resist...
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English
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"Some girls call their mother their best friend. Marisol Martin? She could never relate. She and her mom were forever locked in an argument with no beginning and no end. Clothes, church, boys -- no matter the topic, Marisol always felt like there was an unbridgeable gap between them. But when her mother dies suddenly, Marisol is left with no one to fight. Her dad seems completely lost, and worse, baffled by Marisol's attempts to connect with her mother's...
Author
Series
Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Medfield - Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Medfield Cozy Reads for Adults - Mysteries
Medfield Cozy Reads for Adults - Mysteries
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"Death at a beauty pageant turns Tita Rosie's Kitchen upside down in the latest entry of this witty and humorous cozy mystery series by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo. Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexistent despite the attention of two very eligible bachelors. Or her professional life, since she can't bring herself to open her new café after the unpleasantness that occurred...
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Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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"After thirteen years of living in the U.S., Vince returns to his birthplace, the Philippines. As he ventures into the heat and chaos of the city, he encounters a motley cast of characters, including a renegade nun, a political film director, arrogant hustlers, and the country's spotlight-driven First Daughter ..."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"M. Evelina Galang's stories center on the experiences of Filipina women and families and interweave Filipino folklore and Tagalog, quietly but insistently challenging racialized capitalism and the exclusion of the Filipino American experience from racial discourse in the U.S. while also making clear the role of ancestry and ancestors on younger generations."--
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Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Filipino-American Christina "Ting" Klein has just travelled from New York to Manila, both to escape her imminent divorce, and to begin research for a biography of Timicheg, an indigenous Filipino brought to America at the start of the twentieth century to be exhibited as part of a 'human zoo.' It has been a year since Ting's last visit, and one year since Procopio "Copo" Gumboc swept the elections in an upset and took power as president. Arriving...
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English
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Claire, a composer and a new mother, comes to Los Angeles so that her husband can follow his dream of writing television comedy. With Paul working all hours and Claire left with the baby, William, whom she adores but has no idea how to care for, they hire Lola, a fifty-two-year-old mother of five who works in America to pay for her own children's education back in the Philippines. Lola stabilizes the rocky household, and other parents try to lure...
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Diana Gallagher-Cary is at a tipping point. As a Washington, DC, OB/GYN at a prestigious hospital, she uses her career to distract herself from her grief over her granny's death and her breakup from her long-term boyfriend after her free-spirited mother moves in with her. But when she makes a medical decision that disparages the hospital, she is forced to go on a short sabbatical. Never one to wallow, Diana decides to use the break to put order in...
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Publisher
Ooligan Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
As the only minority in school, sixteen-year-old Jamie grapples with honoring his Filipino heritage while still trying to fit in, but as racial tensions increase, he sometimes wonders if it would be easier to forget his birthright altogether instead of trying to embrace it.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Bulosan's semi-autobiographical novel begins with the narrator's rural childhood in the Philippines and the struggles of land-poor peasant families affected by US imperialism after the Spanish American War of the late 1890s. Carlos's experiences with other Filipino migrant laborers, who endured intense racial abuse in the fields, orchards, towns, cities and canneries of California and the Pacific Northwest in the 1930s, reexamine the ideals of the...
Author
Publisher
Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Claire Ventura is ... a quirky, people-pleasing bookworm with a loving yet obliviously intrusive family and a passion for cookie decorating--all rolled into a five-foot-two Filipina American fueled by chamomile tea. Then she meets Nate, billionaire CEO of a global tech company, the modern-day Prince Charming who sweeps her off her feet. Though he does his best to convince Claire that he's genuinely head over heels for her, she knows he'll soon realize...
18) Kailani's gift
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Publisher
WaterBrook, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A Filipino-American girl works hard to learn a traditional Filipino dance, the Tinikling, to surprise her grandparents on their anniversary"--
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Series
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English
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"A luminous collection of heartbreaking, vivid, startling, and gloriously unique stories set amongst the Filipino-American communities of California and the Philippines, Monstress heralds the arrival of a breathtaking new talent on the literary scene: Lysley Tenorio. Already the worthy recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a Whiting Writer's Award, and a Stegner Fellowship, Tenorio brilliantly explores the need to find connections, the melancholy of isolation,...
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Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Young Lakas convinces his friends Tick A. Boom, Firefoot, and Fernando to fight against their eviction, while fighting for needed repairs and the right to have karaoke parties in the lobby of the hotel that they call home.
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