Description

In the waning days of World-War II, the Filipino everyone was caught between a brutal Japanese occupation and fighting U.S. causes. In this persuasive, incandescent novel, thirteen-year-old Alejandro Karangalan, his lively older cousin Isabelle, and Domingo, a separate guerilla leader, narrate the tale of the Karangalans-a household who huddle using their neighbors in the basement of the home near Manila to hold back out the battle. Within their packed sanctuary, the team gives enchanting tales of Filipino tale and fantasy.