03173cam a2200517 4500 1641223232 TxAuBib 20241004120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250845740 1250845742 B0C995V54Z Amazon 34f9da96-7c7f-4e6d-ac09-36bd23a20630 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10032917 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rogers, Shannon C. F. Eighteen Roses [Libby (Advantage)]. Feiwel & Friends, 2024. Friendship. Humor. teen. debutante. Coming of age. Young Adult. authentic. contemporary ya. heartfelt. award winning author. AAPI author. debut ball. traditional filipino debut. filipinx american. filipinx stories. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2676kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:<p><b>From the author of <i>I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom,</i> winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Youth Literature, comes a sharply observed YA novel about friendship, family, and self-discovery, amid a backdrop of a Filipino debut.</b><br /> Lucia Cruz may be turning eighteen this year, but she is not the debutante type. Everything about a traditional Filipino debut feels all wrong for her. Besides, custom dictates that eighteen friends attend her for a special ceremony on her birthday, and Lucia only has one friend– Esmé Mares. They've stuck to each other's side all throughout high school, content to be friends with only each other. At least, Lucia <i>thought t</i>hey were content.<br /> As it turns out, Esmé wants something different out of her senior year. And, on top of that, Lucia's mom has planned a debutante ball for her birthday behind her back. She'll be forced to cobble together a court of eighteen "friends" before her beloved lola arrives from the Philippines for this blessed occasion.<br /> How far will Lucia stray from her comfort zone in order to play the role of dutiful daughter and granddaughter? Will she do the unthinkable– participating in a school sponsored activity? Will she discover that her sense of humor can be a way to connect with people, not just push them away?</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-10-04 20:00:03. Advantage title. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=34f9da96-7c7f-4e6d-ac09-36bd23a20630&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=34f9da96-7c7f-4e6d-ac09-36bd23a20630&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=34f9da96-7c7f-4e6d-ac09-36bd23a20630&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) RV8