The Looking-Glass Tree / Lyan Abad-Jugo.

Chapter 1: By the shore -- Chapter 2: Into the jungle -- Chapter 3: Through the tunnel of trees -- Chapter 4: Inside the looking-glass -- Chapter 5: Past the hour of sleep -- Chapter 6: Behind the breakwater -- Chapter 7: Outside the storm -- .

He smiled to himself as the bangka picked up speed, and the wind kissed his face and splashed seawater on his cheeks. He realized this was what he had wanted all along, when his mother told him he was going with Tita Henrietta to a beach resort. He had imagined sandcastles and swimming, but he had longed for adventure, and now here it was! No one, not even his silly, overprotective aunt can stop Enrico from turning his vacation into an adventure. But no one ever told him that an adventure also involved risk, remorse, resourcefulness, and responsibility. No one ever said he had to see through the eyes of a tree or a bird or a little girl before he could find his way, clear and deep, into the heart of all things.