The House That Lou Built, Mae Respicio
The House That Lou Built, Mae Respicio
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The House That Lou Built

Author: Mae Respicio

Narrator: Kelsey Navarro

Unabridged: 5 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/19/2021


Synopsis

A coming-of-age story that explores culture and family, forgiveness and friendship, and what makes a true home. Perfect for fans of Wendy Mass and Joan Bauer.

Lou Bulosan-Nelson has the ultimate summer DIY project. She's going to build her own "tiny house," 100 square feet all her own. She shares a room with her mom in her grandmother's house, and longs for a place where she can escape her crazy but lovable extended Filipino family. Lou enjoys her woodshop class and creating projects, and she plans to build the house on land she inherited from her dad, who died before she was born. But then she finds out that the land may not be hers for much longer.

Lou discovers it's not easy to save her land, or to build a house. But she won't give up; with the help of friends and relatives, her dream begins to take shape, and she learns the deeper meaning of home and family.

About Mae Respicio

Mae Respicio's debut novel, The House That Lou Built, received the Asian/Pacific American Library Association Honor Award in Children's Literature and was an NPR Best Book of the Year. Mae lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two sons.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah on May 12, 2024

Perhaps inspired by Erin Entrada Kelly, Mae Respicio drew on her Filipino heritage for The House That Lou Built, and the story's originality is notable. Lucinda (Lou) Bulosan-Nelson, soon to be thirteen, loves her family. Her Filipino mother's relatives are ever-present: hosting parties, cooking goo......more

Goodreads review by Erin Entrada on August 25, 2019

I love Lou! You will, too.......more

Goodreads review by Afoma (Reading Middle Grade) on June 01, 2018

Thanks to the publisher for a free review copy of this book! Lou is a middle grader with a knack for building. She excels at her woodwork classes and has dreams of building her own tiny house. Especially because she currently lives with her mother in her grandmother’s house and barely has any privac......more

Goodreads review by Marie on August 02, 2018

I read the arc and absolutely loved it. It’s a book every Filipino American kid can relate to and a story every American will enjoy. :)......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on May 19, 2018

I loved Lou and her tiny house dreams. The friends and family in her life made me so happy. What a lovely, heartwarming book.......more