A01=Caris Avendano Cruz
Author_Caris Avendano Cruz
birthday present
Category=YFB
children's fantasy
christmas gift
debut middle grade
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eq_teenage-young-adult
fairies
fairy tale
female author
filipino mythology
friendship
girl power
gods and goddesses
magical adventure
magical creatures
nature spirits
portal
secrets
urban legends
women authors
Product details
- ISBN 9781250818263
- Weight: 272g
- Dimensions: 133 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 19 May 2025
- Publisher: Palgrave USA
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Marikit is used to wearing recycled clothes. Her mother, the best seamstress in the barrio, has become an expert at making due ever since Marikit’s father and brother were lost at sea. But for her tenth birthday, all Marikit wants is something new. So when her mother gifts her a patchwork dress stitched together with leftover scraps from her workshop, Marikit vows to never wear it. That is, until the eve of her birthday, when shadow creatures creep into their home and upend the very life she knew.
Marikit discovers that her dress is a map, one lovingly crafted to lead her to safety in the magical lands of the engkantos, where Marikit makes friends out of monsters and challenges the gods. With the help of her friends, including an exuberant firefly and a cursed boy, Marikit journeys through the land of the engkantos to find the key to saving her family.
Caris Avendaño Cruz works as a copywriter for internet brands and cool businesses, but her favorite things to write are magical stories featuring kids of color. Marikit and the Ocean of Stars is her debut novel. She lives in Bulacan, Philippines, and can be found at carisavendanocruz.com or on Twitter and Instagram at @carisavencruz.
