The Boy, the Mountain and the Serpent Who Ate the Moon

Caris Avendaño Cruz
(Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group)
  • Fiction
  • Set in The Philippines

Key words: Folklore, friendship, courage, cooperation

The town of Santo Cristo is known for two things—their colorful town fiesta capped off with a solemn evening procession, and the dozens of people that have disappeared over the years. When three kids—the headstrong Bayani, stubborn Isay, and anxious Aaron—find their way over the other side of a mysterious bridge and to a long-forgotten island of myth, they’re faced with monsters, cryptids, and sinister characters. In this land of Night, they must find their way back to their world and keep their light burning bright lest they lose themselves too.