This is a book discussion for kids in Grades 4-6
Date: Tues. February 25, 4:30-5:30 pm
Location: 2nd floor, Board Room
Who can sign up? Kids in Grades 4-6. The first 12 kids to sign up AND pick up their book will get a copy to keep.*** If more kids sign up, you can borrow a library copy with your library card (not to keep).Â
Due to high demand for this title, we ask that you pick up your book within 5 days signing up.
How does sign-up work:
Pick up your copy of the book from the 2nd Floor Kid’s Desk: Mon.-Thurs. 10-8:30 PM, Fri. & Sat. 10-5 PM, Sun. 1-5pm.
Read the book, show up to the in-person discussion and you get to keep the book!
To be fair, if you don’t show up, you have to return the book.
What is this book about?
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. But that hope seems like a long shot, for both of them. 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?
A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel that celebrates food, family, and folklore.