Bone Talk, Hardcover/Candy Gourlay

Description A powerful, complex, and fascinating coming-of-age novel. -- Costa Book Award Panel A boy and a girl in the Philippine jungle must confront what coming of age will mean to their friendship made even more complicated when Americans invade their country. Samkad lives deep in the Philippine jungle, and has never encountered anyone from outside his own tribe before. He's about to become a man, and while he's desperate to grow up, he's worried that this will take him away from his best friend, Little Luki, who isn't ready for the traditions and ceremonies of being a girl in her tribe. But when a bad omen sends Samkad's life in another direction, he discovers the brother he never knew he had. A brother who tells him of a people called Americans. A people who are bringing war and destruction right to their home... A coming-of-age story set at the end of the 19th century in a remote village in the Philippines, this is a story about growing up, discovering yourself, and the impact of colonialism on native peoples and their lives. About the Author Candy Gourlay was born in a city called Davao in the Philippines. From 1984 to 1989, she worked as a journalist in the Philippines for the People Power Revolution, and most notably as a staff writer and later associate editor of the weekly opposition tabloid Mr. & Ms. Special Edition, which played a significant role in the overthrow of the 21-year regime of Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos.