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100 1 $aHolthe, Tess Uriza.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002003054
245 10 $aWhen the elephants dance :$ba novel /$cTess Uriza Holthe.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCrown,$c[2002], ©2002.
300 $axi, 368 pages :$bmap ;$c25 cm
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520 1 $a"When the Elephants Dance is set in the waning days of World War II, as the Japanese and the Americans engage in a fierce battle for possession of the Philippine Islands. The Karangalan family and their neighbors huddle for survival in the cellar of a house a few miles from Manila.
520 8 $aOutside the safety of their little refuge the war rages on - fiery bombs torch the beautiful Filipino countryside, Japanese soldiers round up and interrogate innocent people, and from the hills guerillas wage a desperate campaign against the enemy. Inside the cellar, these men, women, and children put their hopes and dreams on hold as they wait out the war, only emerging to look for food, water, and medicine.".
520 8 $a"Through the eyes of three narrators, thirteen-year-old Alejandro Karangalan, his spirited older sister Isabelle, and Domingo, a passionate guerilla commander, we see how ordinary people must learn to live in the midst of extraordinary uncertainty, how they must find hope for survival where none seems to exist. They find this hope in the dramatic history of the Philippine Islands and the passion and bravery of its people.
520 8 $aCrowded together in the cellar, the Karangalans and their friends and neighbors tell magical stories to one another based on Filipino myth and legend to fuel their courage, pass the time, and teach important lessons. The group is held spellbound by these stories, which feature a dazzling array of ghosts, witches, supernatural creatures, and courageous Filipinos who changed the course of history with their actions.
520 8 $aThese profoundly moving stories transport the listeners from the chaos of the war around them and give them new resolve to fight on."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zPhilippines$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010119769
651 0 $aPhilippines$xHistory$yJapanese occupation, 1942-1945$vFiction.
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