"Can you come up with a plan to make it happen?""That's a tall order, Sab. Ate Nadine would rather drop dead than spend a second in Dad's company. Ate Nadine–""I know." I follow her lead and slow down my swing. So, I just try to understand her."Your papa's there.
Maybe it's a cultural thing, that Pepper's more blunt and honest than any of my Filipino classmates. "Your dead grandma's resort? The one your papa inherited?""Yeah." I wince. "Birthday brunch at Lola Cordia's Garden Resort would be great."Pepper stops swinging. Unlike Ate Nadine, I value his gifts and actually use them. I never take the locket off except to shower―I can't believe I forgot to put it back on this morning. “What do you want to do for your birthday, anyway? We can start planning it now!” My best friend, Pepper, kicks at the ground and swings, her brown hair trailing behind her.My hand reaches for the locket on my chest as I start to answer Pepper, but I grasp air instead. IMy Fate According to the Butterfly/i is her debut novel. Gail and her husband live in the outskirts of Manila with their dogs, ducks, turtles, cats, and one friendly but lonesome chicken. She loves pineapple pizza, seafood, and chocolate, but not in a single dish together (eww). She's also a web designer, an entrepreneur, and a graphic artist. Villanueva is a Filipina author born and based in the Philippines. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Was the Butterfly right? Perhaps Sab is doomed after all! But Sab's adventures across Manila reveal truths about her family more difficult - and dangerous - than she ever anticipated.
So Sab and her best friend Pepper start spying on Nadine and digging into their family's past to determine why, exactly, 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! According to legend, she has one week before her fate catches up with her - on her 11th birthday. This immersive novel bursts with life." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review Tough topics are addressed, but warmth and humor. * "Villanueva's debut is a beautiful #ownvoices middle-grade novel.
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