When the Elephants Dance

Name: When the Elephants Dance
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ISBN: 9780142002889

ISBN-10: 0142002887

ISBN-13: 9780142002889

Edition: 2002

Authors: Tess Uriza Holthe

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In the waning days of World War II, the Filipino people were caught between a brutal Japanese occupation and battling U.S. forces. In this compelling, incandescent novel, thirteen-year-old Alejandro Karangalan, his spirited older sister Isabelle, and Domingo, a passionate guerilla commander, narrate the story of the Karangalans-a family who huddle with their neighbors in the cellar of a house near Manila to wait out the war. In their crowded refuge, the group shares magical stories of Filipino myth and legend. Spellbinding, with a dazzling array of ghosts, witches, supernatural creatures, and courageous Filipinos from history, these tales transport the listeners and give them new resolve to…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/24/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.33" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

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