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Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel
/ Si Lakas at ang Makibaka Hotel
by Anthony D. Robles
Illustrator: Carl Angel
Translator: Eloisa D. de Jesus
Reading level: All Ages
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Children's Book Press; Bilingual edition (March 28, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN: 0892392134
List Price: $16.95

When Lakas strolls through his neighborhood one sunny afternoon, the last thing he expects to find is a group of tap-dancing, drum-beating, karaoke-singing new friends. But his friends face a crisis: their home, the Makibaka Hotel, is about to be sold. They must pack their belongings and leave in 30 days. But in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, where is there to go? Their rollicking protest against eviction becomes a clarion call to the community, but is it enough to save the Makibaka? Carl Angel’s effervescent paintings vibrate with the rich urban rhythms of city life in this second collaboration with author and poet Anthony D. Robles.

(Publisher's release)

OOV Bookshelf 2006

DECEMBER 2006 FEATURE Dancing the Shrimp by Jim and Isabel Kenny Pinoy Jazz Traditions by Richie C. Quirino AUGUST 2006 FEATURE One Tribe by M. Evelina Galang Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel / Si Lakas at ang Makibaka Hotel by Anthony D. Robles Beyond the Great Wall by Mario Ignacio Miclat, Alma Miclat, Maningning Miclat and Banaue Miclat