When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]
01 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Filipina/o, Filipina/o American, Repost, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American
A Filipino family and friends struggle to survive the brutal Japanese occupation during World War II.
Review: "New and Notable," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, February/March 2002
Readers: Adult
Published: 2001...
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