Cyan Abad-Jugo
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When Alice sleeps over Lola-grandma's house for Lola-grandma's hundredth birthday, she receives a mysterious letter from a boy named Crispin, who claims to be a neighbor. But there is no one her age for miles around, except for a boy named Jason. Who is Crispin? What does he have to do with the haunted house across Calle Nuevo? And what connects the February Revolution to the hundred years before it?
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Kitty Eugenio's life is far from ideal. She has to live with her relatives. Her mother has gone abroad. Her best friends sometimes act weird, and sometimes keep secrets from her. Her classmates persist in pairing her with a boy she doesn't like, but who just might be able to help in the search for her father. The love of her life doesn't know she exists. And it's not just any ordinary year, it's the year of the Tiger, the year of People Power, the...
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No one-not even his silly, overprotective aunt-can stop Enrico from turning his vacation into an adventure. But no one ever told him that an adventure also involved risk, remorse, resourcefulness, and responsibility. No one ever said he had to see through the eyes of a tree or a bird or a little girl before he could find his way, clear and deep, into the heart of all things.
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A collection of stories about some strange but essentially friendly creatures: a homesick anito stuck behind an old aparador; a musical rocking horse carved out of a very special block of wood; a poor kapre blamed by Old Manang for all the misdeeds in Lola's house; and a shadow man who hosts parties in his shadow world.
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Since Mang Gorio's cow has turned white, things have turned a little topsy-turvy for Jopi. Suddenly he can talk to a cow and a rat, as well as to strange creatures in the trees and under the ground. Something is amiss in Molles Village, and only Jopi seems to know it has to do with the Mayor and his new drill. Will Jopi know what to do in time to save his village from the dangers he-and only he-has been warned about?
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Ina Guinto certainly does not feel welcome in her new home in Laguna, although Biboy and her father like it. While Mr. Guinto goes to work, they are left in the care of Mayang, whom Biboy likes to call "Yaya Maya." Ina insists she is too old to have a nanny, but no one listens to her, especially when it's about wanting to go back to Manila. Then some strange things happen: Yaya Maya talks to frogs, Papa's bookcase turns to splinter and dust, and someone...