Mabuhay!: A Graphic Novel -- Zachary Sterling, Paperback

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?

Author: Zachary Sterling
Publisher: Graphix
Published: 10/17/2023
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 7.87h x 5.43w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9781338738605
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.6
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 520909 / Mabuhay!


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2023

About the Author
Zachary Sterling is a Filipino-American illustrator, sequential artist, writer, and animation designer. Over the past several years, Zachary has worked on comics and graphic novels for young adult readers as well as animation designs for Frederator Studios and Netflix. He was born in Torrance, California, but raised in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon -- the place he proudly calls home.