She and her husband currently live in Rizal where they run a web design company while constantly trying to keep up with the shenanigans of their many pets-dogs, ducks, turtles, cats, and random birds they befriend in the backyard. Gail was born in Manila but was raised in Quezon City.
Her debut novel, MY FATE ACCORDING TO THE BUTTERFLY (Scholastic, 2019), was named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews, an Amazon Best Book of the Month Editor’s Pick, and a NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People.
She is the author of the upcoming LULU SINAGTALA AND THE TAGALOG GODS series (HarperCollins, 2023) and SUGAR AND SPITE (Scholastic, 2021). Villanueva is a Filipino writer and graphic artist based in the Philippines. She is the author of the upcoming LULU SINAGTALA AND THE TAGALOG GODS. She is the author of the upcoming LULU SINAGTALA AND THE TAGALOG GODS series (HarperCollins, 2023) and SUGAR AND SPITE (Scholastic, 2021). Villanueva is a Filipino writer and graphic artist based in the Philippines. But Sab’s adventures across Manila reveal truths about her family more difficult than she ever anticipated, and get her into real trouble.Gail D. So Sab and her best friend Pepper start spying on Ate Nadine and digging into their family’s past to determine why, exactly, Ate Nadine won’t speak to their father. If Sab’s going to get Ate Nadine and their father to reconcile, she’ll have to overcome her fears–of her sister’s anger, of leaving the bubble of her sheltered community, of her upcoming doom–and figure out the cause of their rift. But her sister, Ate Nadine, stopped speaking to their father one year ago, and Sab doesn’t even know why. With her time running out, all she wants is to celebrate her birthday with her entire family. When superstitious Sab sees a giant black butterfly, an omen of death, she knows that she’s doomed!Īccording to legend, she has one week before her fate catches up with her–on her 11th birthday.
NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People An Amazon Best Book of the Month Editor's Pick
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