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Happy Book Birthday to my new #MG—HOW TO WIN A SLIME WAR—out TODAY! 🎉🎉🎉 It follows a creative, entrepreneurial, empathetic boy who finds himself + his community + his voice through a 6th grade slime war! Also: a #FilipinoAmerican market, soccer, STEM, & recipes! 💚 Quick🧵 1/? 
The story: Alex & his Dad move to a new city to help Alex's grandparents' struggling Asian market & he wants to stand out in his new school—that's when he enters the slime war. I’m SO proud this book has a #FilipinoAmerican kid & loving family at its core. tinyurl.com/p4n88rrp
Sending so much gratitude to my editors Dana Carey & Wendy Lamb, agent @SarahGreenhouse & @RHCBEducators @KnopfBFYR @randomhousekids for everything! Also to @nekokonut22 @KatDamkoehler for the joyful cover! This is me w Dana Carey—back when maskless events still happened! ðŸ˜ðŸ’š
A short (and incomplete) list of smart books on Filipino American history and politics for #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth @fanhs_national @fanhs_seattle @joseiswriting @NBCAsianAmerica @yongchavezLA @ortile @LouDPhillips @balitangamerica @nicosantos
@drdawnbm's 'Little Manila is in the Heart' examines the complicated texture of Stockton CA's Filipino community focusing on how Filipinos' struggle for unity was complicated by competing class, cultural and generational differences. dukeupress.edu/Little-Manila-…
@CCenizaChoy's investigates the intertwined histories of US colonialism, Filipino nurse migration, and gender politics. Explains why there are so many Filipinos medical professionals in the US. dukeupress.edu/Empire-of-Care/
