Migi on the Mountain

Migi, a ten year old Filipino boy, is task by his father to help his lola (grandmother) repair her home damaged by a typhoon. She lives at Leon on the top and opposite side of the beautiful mountain in the center of Migi’s small island. Fr. Ramon from the Santa Lucia church is going there to help the people. He agrees to take Migi along despite the danger of the road and the unreliability of his decrepit jeepney. There are many problems on the trip up the mountain. When Fr. Ramon hits and kills a goat, they meet eighty-year-old Ole Anjo, his frowning son, Julio, and his secretive grandson, Marco, who instigate a series of unexpected events. The biggest problem occurs once they arrive at Leon. The people and the problems leave Migi perplexed and impatient. When Migi learns who stole the money Fr. Ramon’s is taking to the people and how it was stolen, he also learns about himself.