Publication Date: Sep 2024

Synopsis:

Ten-year-old Lola has always been touched by magic. In her Mexico City home, built around a towering tree, she is accustomed to enchanted blooms that change with the seasons, a sandbox that spits out mysterious treasures, and mischievous chaneques that scuttle about unseen by all but her. Magic has always been a part of her life, but now she must embrace the extraordinary as never before.

Ever since The Thing That Happened, Lola’s brother Alex has been sick. As his condition worsens, something begins eating away at the tree, causing its leaves and blossoms to crumble like ash. The two are related, Lola is sure of it, but how? Seeking a cure, she visits a grocery store oracle who bids her to follow the chaneques down one of their secret passages… into a hidden world.

Here in Floresta, a land of myths and monsters and marvels untold, lies the key to healing her brother. But the kingdom’s young queen stands in the way. Lola must use her wits and face her deepest fears if there’s any hope of saving Alex in time.

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What To Expect:

Readers can expect a middle-grade novel that has fantastical Mexican folklore and mythology, revolving around a brother and sister trying to find the solution to the brother’s sickness.

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Content Warnings:

Language: None

Sexual Content: None

Violence: None

Substance Use: None

Prejudices: None

Religious Themes: This book contains Mexican folklore and mythology, ghosts, fantastical creatures + wise women that “know everything about everything”

Other Topics: *Spoilers* This novel has a heavy theme of death at the end. It contains talk of what happens after we die and the grief we go through.

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