Culture Shock

Just when she thought she could never believe in ghosts…Except for a last name no one can pronounce, Lulu is a happy, pretty and popular high school freshman who’s quite content with her life. But life as she knows it turns upside down when she and her family move to the Philippines and Lulu is uprooted from the only life she’s ever known. At once, Lulu’s not a big fan of the humidity, the language and the rural lifestyle of living in her new home. But soon, the charm of her new town’s history, the verdant countryside and a cute guy begin to intrigue her. Not to mention the appearance of a ghost whose presence first annoys then puzzles her. As Lulu struggles to acclimate herself to another country she reluctantly calls home, she finds she must solve the reason for the ghost’s recent hauntings while trying to fit in at her new school and discovers there’s plenty of culture, magic and soul in a foreign land where she might just find the missing link to her family’s history and view the meaning of happiness in a new way.

About the Author

Janice De Jesus, a journalist and creative writing instructor, is also the author of Not Just Another Pretty Face, Pretty as a Picture, and Sitting Pretty, Books One, Two and Three of the Pretty Princess Trilogy, and A Lady in Waiting, the trilogy's spinoff novella. She also published two books about yoga: Soulstice: Living and Loving On and Off the Yoga Mat, featuring fictional short stories and OmStruck: Healing Heartbreak Through Yoga and Meditation. Janice lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her beloved Feline Editor and cat niece, Lilly.

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