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Caris Avendaño Cruz

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Average rating: 4.02 · 385 ratings · 152 reviews · 2 distinct worksSimilar authors
Marikit and the Ocean of Stars

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That Time When Marikit and the Ocean of Stars is Once Again, a Nēnē Award Nominee

Hooray! Marikit and the Ocean of Stars is a 2026 Nēnē Award Nominee!

Marikit had been a part of the 2025 list, and just making it to the shortlist is already an honor. A big thank you to our young readers in Hawai’i!

What gives me great joy is the diverse selection of books, including Filipino-American authors Erin Entrada Kelly’s highly awarded The First State of Being, and Joanna Cacao’s The Sec

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That Time When Marikit and the Ocean of Stars is Once Again, a Nēnē Award Nominee

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“Everyone had different treasures. To some, it could be nice clothes or shiny jewelry, or all the yellow things. But to others, there we're more precious things, like freedom, like friendship, like love.”
Caris Avendaño Cruz, Marikit and the Ocean of Stars

“LOSTS can find their WAY BACK,” he said brightly. “As LONG as they REMEMBER. HOPE. Tonight, BOY, Bayani, I give you HOPE. There is ALWAYS a WAY.”
Caris Avendaño Cruz, The Boy, the Mountain, and the Serpent Who Ate the Moon

“Never argue with water, you won't win. Water will eat you up, for you down the tides, turn you upside down. Just go with the flow, see?”
Caris Avendaño Cruz, Marikit and the Ocean of Stars

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