MARIBEL’S YEAR comes out in just about six weeks and we’re incredibly excited to share some beautiful details of Maribel’s world with you!
MARIBEL’S YEAR recounts the year a little girl and her mother spend in America while waiting for her father to join them from the Philippines. New country, new school, new friends. A lot can happen in a single year. But one thing’s for certain: Maribel won’t forget her papa, even when he’s eight-thousand miles away in the Philippines. After all, Papa is all around. He is the memory of feeding koi fish in their pond every morning. He is the constellation map as Maribel dreams of showing him her new world. He is the packages and letters sent back and forth.
He is everywhere except the place he’s wanted the most. But the bond between Maribel and Papa transcends oceans. So as the snow melts and turns to rain, as flowers blossom and welcome sun-kissed days, and as the leaves start to change and snow begins to fall once more, can Maribel wait just a little bit longer?
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