By Audrey Cabaltica
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Everything We Never Had
By Randy Ribay
Four generations of male Filipino immigrants deal with their identity, masculinity, and paternal relationship.
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The Vanishing Station
By Ana Ellickson
Hardcover, 364 pages, 2024.
Abrams Books
Stuck with hospital bills after her Mom’s death, teen Ruby discovers her Dad has a secret job as a deliveryman in the criminal underworld. When her Dad falls behind, Ruby takes over his deliveries and becomes enmeshed in magic, crime, and a way-too-hot boy.
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Isabel in Bloom
By Mae Respicio
Hardcover, 357 pages, 2024.
Penguin Random House
Story told in poems of Isabel finally reuniting with her mom who went to the US as an Overseas Filipino Worker.
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Felix Powell, Boy Dog
By Erin Entrada Kelly
Hardcover, 147 pages, 2024.
HarperCollins Publishers
A fun easy reader. Felix can talk to animals. Then one day he turns into a dog!
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The First State of Being
By Erin Estrada Kelly
Hardcover, 248 pages, 2024.
HarperCollins Publishers
On the brink of Y2K, the Millennium Bug foreseen to come with the year 2000, teen Michael is weirded out by a new neighbor
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Chasing Pacquiao
By Rod Pulido
Hardcover, 261 pages, 2023.
Penguin Random House
Manny Pacquiao is a world boxing champion. When Bobby is outed as a queer he is violently bullied. To survive, he takes up boxing and becomes a fan of Pacquiao. But when Pacquiao denounces queers, Bobby grapples with his idol and his identity.
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I’d Rather Burn Than Bloom
By Shannon C.F. Rogers
Hardcover, 312 pages, 2023.
Macmillan Publishers
Teen Marisol is constantly at war with her mom about everything. But when her Mom suddenly dies, Marisol is enraged and destructive in her grief.
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This is Not a Personal Statement
By Tracy Badua
Hardcover, 341 pages, 2023.
HarperCollins Publishers
Star student Perla sacrificed her high school fun to get into her dream university. But when she gets rejected, she fakes an acceptance letter and fakes her way into the university as she dodges campus security.
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Mabuhay!
By Zachary Sterling
Paperback, 228 pages, 2023.
Graphic (by Scholastic)
A graphic novel about a first-generation siblings who struggle to fit into America while trying to save the world and run a food truck. It is a major feat for a juvenile comic book by a Filipino to be published by Scholastic, a giant in educational books.
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Love, Dance, & Egg Rolls
By Jason Tanamor
Paperback, 273 pages, 2022.
Ooligan Press
Teen Jamie loves dancing tinikling and eating lumpia, but he gets bullied as the only minority in his all white high school that he sometimes wishes he could forget he’s Filipino.
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