Zeeta has lived all over the world with her mother Layla, who is a flight and spiritual ESL teacher. Now Zeeta and her mom have traveled to Otovalo, Equador.
Zeeta buys and writes in a new colored notebook every time they go to a new country, this time the notebook is in indigo.
At a market in the center she makes new friends like Gaby, a marketwoman who sells colorfull poncho's to the tourists, Mamita Luz and her husband Taita Silvio and Wendell. Wendell is an American teenager who came to Equador in search of his birth parents. Since he was little, he has written letters to his birth parents and he asks Zeeta to help him find them and to help translate the letters. Then they meet Don Faustino, a man who is told is dangerous. He knows more about Wendell's birth parents, but the question is if it is right for Wendell to know the truth.
Layla changes after she has met Jeff, a whealthy american who changes Layla in to a boring person and not the funny hippie mom she used to be. And then Jeff wants to take Layla and Zeeta back to the Usa to give Zeeta the normal life she always wanted, but does Zeeta really want a normal live?
Wendell and Zeeta are going to mean a lot for eachother during their adventures while searching for Wendells's parents. But when Wendell seems to has found his birth father and decides to going to live with him, Zeeta finds out that there are still many secrets, and even some secrets that will treats Wendells safety..
The Indigo Notebook is an amazing new ya novel about living in different countries and cultures by Laura Resau. I though it was very different than the usual ya novels, and I mean that is was one of the better ya novels I have read.
The story of Zeeta and Wendell was very entertaining and keeps you page turning.
And you learn a lot about Ecuador and its culture too while reading it. The Indigo Book is an outstanding ya novel, be sure to order/pick up a copy of it when its launched the 13th of October!
Click here to read my interview with Laura Resau
