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We Belong

Cookie Hiponia Everman

Illustrator: Abigail Dela Cruz

Ages: 9+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers/Penguin Random House

ISBN: 978-0-593-11220-5

Keywords: mothers and daughters, family, immigration, Tagalog mythology, Filipino culture, Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, novel in verse

At bedtime a Filipino mother weaves together her immigration story and Tagalog mythology for her two daughters. Free verse. Spot art, glossary, songs, and afterword.