Marikit and the Ocean of Stars series-Shielded are picked to go on

are picked to go on a dangerous and unheard-of journey to Tanlili

Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty

Gideon does show up

Quin doesn't have the gift—an embarrassment made worse when his mother gets his sister to cheat for him on his Calling exam

laughing and having fun at the house next door

Marikit and the Ocean of Stars series-Shielded are picked to go onA magical middle grade debut about a Filipino girl who ventures into the land of the engkantos, or nature spirits, to save herself and her mother from a sinister fate, written by a Filipino author. Marikit is used to wearing recycled clothes. Her mother, the best seamstress in the barrio, has become an expert at making due ever since Marikits father and brother were lost at sea. But for her tenth birthday, all Marikit wants is something new. So when