![]() ![]() The remaining villagers are taken hostage-all except Solimar. ![]() This alone would be a huge responsibility, but tragedy strikes when a neighboring king invades while her father and brother and many others are away. After the magical frenzy, she realizes she's been given a gift-and a burden: she can predict the near future! She has also become a protector of the young and weak butterflies. There, the sun pierces through a sword-shaped crevice in a boulder, which shines on her and sends the butterflies humming and swirling around her. Middle-grade fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan's Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in Solimar and a fresh, magical story! On the brink of her Quinceañera, and her official coronation, Solimar visits the oyamel forest to sit among the monarch butterflies. ![]()
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