Ever since the fire that killed her father Nora and her mother have been living in his mausoleum. In the Philippines, when you have no family, no jobs, no hope for the future that is where you can end up. Things were going okay but her mother's habit of playing Mah'jong has gotten out of control and one day she doesn't come home after playing all night. Nora and her friend Jo'Jo eventually figure out where she was and she is able to come home but she is really sick, they now have no work at all, and Nora's beloved father's watch and the money she was trying to save have all been stolen. Can Nora get help for her mother, get her watch back, and maybe find some hope for her little family?
This was pretty intense and sad but I feel like it is a good book for students to see how others may be living.
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