Everlasting Nora by Marie Miranda Cruz
Release: October 2nd 2018
Format: Ebook
Publisher: Starscape / Macmillan-Tor/Forge
Source: NetGalley
Everlasting Nora Synopsis:
An uplifting young reader debut about perseverance against all odds, Marie Miranda Cruz’s debut Everlasting Nora follows the story of a young girl living in the real-life shantytown inside the Philippines’ Manila North Cemetery.
After a family tragedy results in the loss of both father and home, 12-year-old Nora lives with her mother in Manila’s North Cemetery, which is the largest shantytown of its kind in the Philippines today.
When her mother disappears mysteriously one day, Nora is left alone.
With help from her best friend Jojo and the support of his kindhearted grandmother, Nora embarks on a journey riddled with danger in order to find her mom. Along the way she also rediscovers the compassion of the human spirit, the resilience of her community, and everlasting hope in the most unexpected places.
Review:
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A big thank you to Starscape for providing me a copy of Everlasting Nora by Marie Miranda Cruz in exchange for my review via Netgalley.
Firstly, I enjoyed reading this book and encourage others to read it as well. It provides awareness on the poverty situations that countries like the Philippines face. Moreover, the main character Nora is someone you want to root for, and the story is also very gripping. Overall, I think this is a very sweet story of hope and friendship that people of any age would enjoy.
