Love, Dance & Egg Rolls
Jason Tanamor
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
Bookshop.org has the highest-rated customer service of any bookstore in the world
Description
Jamie Santiago is just an ordinary high school teenager--he has a huge crush on a girl from school, he watches a ton of sitcoms, and he is constantly trying to keep his dad from feeding egg rolls to his white friends. Not to mention he also aspires to be the next Tinikling folk dance master. Okay, maybe he's not so ordinary.It's hard enough balancing the demands of high school, but when the last ever Asian Folk Festival falls on the same day as Homecoming, it feels like Jamie's world comes crashing down. He is forced to make an important decision between honoring his heritage and salvaging what's left of his social life. With a racist bully at school and rising protests in Portland, Jamie sometimes wonders if it would be easier to forget his Filipino side entirely instead of trying to embrace it.[Play the catchy sitcom music][Cue the laugh track to numb the serious stuff]If only life were so perfect.Tensions will rise in Love, Dance & Egg Rolls as Jamie decides whether it's more important to remain hidden in plain sight or step directly into the spotlight. Jamie will not only come face-to-face with a bully, but also with this thing called cultural identity.
Product Details
Price
$18.00
$16.74
Publisher
Ooligan Press
Publish Date
May 10, 2022
Pages
288
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.7 X 0.7 inches | 0.75 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781947845343
Earn by promoting books
Earn money by sharing your favorite books through our Affiliate program.
Become an affiliateAbout the Author
Jason Tanamor is a Filipino American writer and author. Named as one of the "5 Best Modern Filipino Writers'' by Pinas Global Newspaper and listed as one of Positively Filipino's "Fil-Ams Among the Remarkable and Famous," Tanamor is the acclaimed author of the Filipino-themed novels Vampires of Portlandia, Love, Dance & Egg Rolls, and The Legend of Sensei Tsinelas. He was nominated for the 2024 UCLA Allegra Johnson Writing Prize and he has been featured in several Filipino publications like Esquire Philippines, CNN Philippines, Philippine Daily Inquirer, and Asian Journal. Tanamor currently lives and works in Illinois.