Fox Books has a winner in Where Your Dreams Come True, a novel written by Anna Ishikawa, illustrated by Kristian Teves.
I read this story when it was still being edited by Fox Books editor Sarah Grutas – photocopied onto used paper, a binder clip holding the pages together. I took it home, started reading it in bed – and could not put it down until I was finished. It’s that absorbing.
Anna’s depiction of her main character, Emily, is so true-to-life, it could almost have happened in reality. (Parts of it most probably did.) I actually have met people like Emily before. (Diba, Miss Jas?) The most refreshing thing about this novel is the humorous, tongue-in-cheek tone, peppered with current colloquialisms that elicit an immediate reaction of “Oo nga, ganito talaga!”
What else can I say? Buy it na. ‘Wag mong paabutin ng one hundred years bago mo bilhin!
About the author:
Si Anna Ishikawa ay naging bahagi ng tatlong national writing workshops at nanalo na rin sa ilang patimpalak. Kapag hindi nagsusulat, siya ay tumatambay sa mall, nagbabasa, gumuguhit, nanonood ng anime, at nagtuturo ng English at Creative Writing sa UP Diliman…Siya rin ang may-akda ng Odd Girl Out.
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