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Stories For Young Adults
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Growing Up Filipino
Stories For Young Adults

Collected And Edited By Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
2003, 298 pages, paperback.
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Book Description from the Press Release

PALH, also known as Philippine American Literary House, is proud to announce the release of the anthology, Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults, a collection of 29 stories by the same number of authors. The book, is edited by award-winning author and editor Cecilia Manguerra Brainard. The anthology includes fiction by Filipino and Filipino American writers. Growing Up Filipino is a dazzling and impressive array of 29 stories about the saga of what it means to be young and Filipino.

This landmark book, the first collection of this type, focuses exclusively on children and adolescents, and is directed towards a young adult audience. By addressing the issues of childhood and adolescent culture, aside from ethnic affiliations, the anthology also addresses an adult audience.

The significance of Growing Up Filipino ties in with the increasing number of Filipinos in America who are now the second largest in the umbrella group of Asian Americans. Despite this fact, there is a scarcity of Filipino and Filipino American books available. This anthology can serve as an important resource for librarians, teachers, as well as the general public.

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Comments from Back Cover

This collection is the first anthology that focuses exclusively on children and adolescents and is directed towards a young adult audience. By addressing the issues of childhood and adolescent culture, aside from ethnic affiliation, the anthology can also speak to a wider audience.
Rocio G. Davis
Associate Professor
American and
Postcolonial Literatures
University of Navarre

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard has collected a dazzling and impressive array of twenty-nine stories about the saga of what it means to be young and Filipino. The authors make the experiences of ordinary young people come alive for us. The strength in the collaborative approach in this volume lies in its individual examples, for the best way to construct a picture of growing up Filipino is by specific reference to their lives. The structure of the book is simple enough. Each story is assigned to a theme and there are five of them: family, angst, friendship, love and home.

But don't be taken in by the simplicity of the title. This volume is indeed about magic, mysteries, sadness, time, family, fear, and happiness of young adult Filipinos. But in exploring these arenas, the authors, each a born storyteller and philosopher, collectively capture the natural and social tapestry of the Philippines and Filipino culture and those forces that influence it. Their use of the language with all its idioms, narrative intervals, and cadences, leaves no doubt about the complexities of the historical, social, cultural, gender, and racial terrain of modern Filipino culture. It is hard to resist one more comment. Despite the book's subtitle, this is also a book for adults. They too will profit from what is a truthful, passionate, hopeful and-ultimately-a very wise book. Kudos to Brainard and the other writers for this important contribution to Filipino/Filipino-American history and culture. This is a powerfully achieved and memorable book by authors who know their craft, and who also have a profound understanding and love for the Philippines and things Filipino.
Roger N. Buckley
Professor of History and
Director of Asian American
Studies Institute
University of Connecticut

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List of Contributing Authors

• Gemino H. Abad• Paula Angeles • Cecilia Manguerra Brainard• Alex Dean Bru
• Erwin Cabucos• Libay Linsangan Cantor • Ruby Enario Carlino• Gilda Cordero-Fernando
• Rogelio Cruz• Alberto Florentino • M. Evelina Galang• Wanggo Gallaga
• Vince Gotera• Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo • Connie Jan Maraan• Veronica Montes
• Marily Ysip Orosa• Oscar Penaranda • Edgar Poma• Mar V. Puatu
• Brian Ascalon Roley• Ruth T. Sarreal • Ricco Villanueva Slasoco• Anthony L. Tan
• Joel Barraquiel Tan• Linda Ty-Casper • Marianne Villanueva• Alfred A. Yuson

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