VMBB1 - Hope and Fortune | By: Marissa Bañez - Kids' Filipino Fiction Book

From award-winning and multi-talented author, Marissa Banez Hope and Fortune is a modern-day fairytale, featuring multicultural (e.g., Filipina, African-American, Latina, Asian, Muslim, etc.) and multigenerational fairies of different shapes (including a boy fairy) and sizes who help a little child who has lost her way to find her path.    Although the protagonist is a little girl, the life advice given by the fairies is non-gender-specific and could resonate with anyone facing a difficult situation at any point in her/his/their life.    Hope and Fortune was just recently announced by "Story Monsters Approved!" as a winner in their Early Readers (5-9) - Fiction category.   With a beautifully rendered hardcover, captivating full-page illustrations, and lyrical meaningful text, this is a book that a child is sure to treasure for years.