B1 GANG MYSTERIES is about the adventures of four Pinoy high school teeners who desire to be investigative journalists when they grow up. The four (Gino, Kiko, Boging and Jo) travel around the Philippines solving myths and exposing mysteries which they encounter under the tutelage of their journalist idol, Mike Rodrigo.

The B1 GANG series was initially conceived to balance the numerous foreign materials currently overwhelming the Pinoy youth. American paperbacks virtually monopolize the children/young adult book section of Philippine bookstores while Japanese cartoons are lording it over the television. It does not take a genius to figure out that young Filipinos could easily loose their cultural identity in the myriad of foreign influences brought about by the easy access to world wide information.

B1 GANG's utmost objective is to teach the kids about the Philippines, its people and values. Yes, our books will entertain, excite and even make readers laugh but that is the *easy* thing to do. The trick is how to incorporate the entertainment aspect to the educational part; that is, to make the children enjoy the reading but at the same time learn without them being aware of the teaching process. A trick not unlike what Pinoy parents do by embedding a medicine capsule inside a banana so the child can swallow it and feel better.

The books are written in easy Filipino and the dialogues reflect the actual speech of today's youth.

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