Author: Zachary Sterling
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338738674
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
*Nominated for the 2024 Eisner Awards for Best Publication for Kids* 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?
Mabuhay!: A Graphic Novel
Author: Zachary Sterling
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338738674
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
*Nominated for the 2024 Eisner Awards for Best Publication for Kids* 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?
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338738674
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
*Nominated for the 2024 Eisner Awards for Best Publication for Kids* 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?
Pop Culture in Asia and Oceania
Author: Jeremy A. Murray
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440839913
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
This ready reference is a comprehensive guide to pop culture in Asia and Oceania, including topics such as top Korean singers, Thailand's sports heroes, and Japanese fashion. This entertaining introduction to Asian pop culture covers the global superstars, music idols, blockbuster films, and current trends—from the eclectic to the underground—of East Asia and South Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Pakistan, as well as Oceania. The rich content features an exploration of the politics and personalities of Bollywood, a look at how baseball became a huge phenomenon in Taiwan and Japan, the ways in which censorship affects social media use in these regions, and the influence of the United States on the movies, music, and Internet in Asia. Topics include contemporary literature, movies, television and radio, the Internet, sports, video games, and fashion. Brief overviews of each topic precede entries featuring key musicians, songs, published works, actors and actresses, popular websites, top athletes, video games, and clothing fads and designers. The book also contains top-ten lists, a chronology of pop culture events, and a bibliography. Sidebars throughout the text provide additional anecdotal information.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440839913
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
This ready reference is a comprehensive guide to pop culture in Asia and Oceania, including topics such as top Korean singers, Thailand's sports heroes, and Japanese fashion. This entertaining introduction to Asian pop culture covers the global superstars, music idols, blockbuster films, and current trends—from the eclectic to the underground—of East Asia and South Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Pakistan, as well as Oceania. The rich content features an exploration of the politics and personalities of Bollywood, a look at how baseball became a huge phenomenon in Taiwan and Japan, the ways in which censorship affects social media use in these regions, and the influence of the United States on the movies, music, and Internet in Asia. Topics include contemporary literature, movies, television and radio, the Internet, sports, video games, and fashion. Brief overviews of each topic precede entries featuring key musicians, songs, published works, actors and actresses, popular websites, top athletes, video games, and clothing fads and designers. The book also contains top-ten lists, a chronology of pop culture events, and a bibliography. Sidebars throughout the text provide additional anecdotal information.
Mabuhay!
Author: Zachary Sterling
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781536482300
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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 that hope seems like a long shot, for both of them. To make matters worse, they have to
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781536482300
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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 that hope seems like a long shot, for both of them. To make matters worse, they have to
Directory
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Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Publisher:
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Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Punch Up! Vol. 1
Author: Zachary Sterling
Publisher: Oni Press
ISBN: 9781637152171
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Wide Plains Fighting Tournament is finally here, and orphan Pitch will do whatever it takes to convince his idol, and possible father, fighter Sonny Han to compete alongside him. Young orphan Pitch is an aspiring tournament fighter who has big dreams. He dreams of traveling to the city and competing in the Wide Plains Fighting Tournament. He also harbors a secret dream—to be reunited with the man he believes is his long lost father, aging tournament fighter Sonny Chan. Can Pitch make it in a big city filled with unsavory types that want to do him harm? Is Emperor Vergil, host of the fighting tournament, one of those people? Will Sonny decide to act decent for once? Find out in this exciting blast of battle energy!
Publisher: Oni Press
ISBN: 9781637152171
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Wide Plains Fighting Tournament is finally here, and orphan Pitch will do whatever it takes to convince his idol, and possible father, fighter Sonny Han to compete alongside him. Young orphan Pitch is an aspiring tournament fighter who has big dreams. He dreams of traveling to the city and competing in the Wide Plains Fighting Tournament. He also harbors a secret dream—to be reunited with the man he believes is his long lost father, aging tournament fighter Sonny Chan. Can Pitch make it in a big city filled with unsavory types that want to do him harm? Is Emperor Vergil, host of the fighting tournament, one of those people? Will Sonny decide to act decent for once? Find out in this exciting blast of battle energy!
The Middle East, Abstracts and Index
Author:
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Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
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Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Index to Philippine Periodicals
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Category : Philippine periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
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Category : Philippine periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Books in Print
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2432
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2432
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A History of Komiks of the Philippines and Other Countries
Author: Cynthia Roxas
Publisher:
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Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
World Art
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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