{"id":989,"date":"2011-08-24T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T15:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=989"},"modified":"2015-04-08T17:59:39","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T17:59:39","slug":"when-the-elephants-dance-a-novel-by-tess-uriza-holthe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=989","title":{"rendered":"When the Elephants Dance: A Novel by Tess Uriza Holthe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-996 size-medium\" title=\"When the Elephants Dance\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/When-the-Elephants-Dance-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/When-the-Elephants-Dance-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/When-the-Elephants-Dance.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As World War II waned, Americans and Japanese battled for the Philippines, with villages and families caught in the crossfire. \u00a0In this compelling novel, the author tells of the Karangalan family, who huddle in their basement with their neighbors,\u00a0emerging only when hunger and thirst force them into a world where the smallest misstep leads to capture by Japanese patrols who torture captives for information. \u00a0As the interminable hours pass, they share\u00a0with each other the tales and myths of their country, granting them solace and courage.\u00a0 Told through the voices of 13-year-old Alejandro, his spirited older sister Isabelle, and Domingo, a war-weary guerilla leader, the novel is a beautifully crafted story of strength and endurance\u00a0in the face of unspeakable horror.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As World War II waned, Americans and Japanese battled for the Philippines, with villages and families caught in the crossfire. \u00a0In this compelling novel, the author tells of the Karangalan family, who huddle in their basement with their neighbors,\u00a0emerging only when hunger and thirst force them into a world where the smallest misstep leads to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=989\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">When the Elephants Dance: A Novel by Tess Uriza Holthe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-linda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}