The fourteen year old Clara Luna gets a letter from her grandparents, which she never met, and who are living in Yucuyoo, Mexico. Clara decides to accept the invitation to visit them, but is a bit shocked to learn that they live in a shack, wich is hard to reach by public transport. They have to take a few bus rides to reach the house, and they speak (besides Spanish)a new language for Clara: Mixteco. Clara's grandmother Helena is a healer, and she tells Clara about her past when certain healing methods were forbidden. She also mets Pedro, a goatherder. They become close friends, and Pedro wants to help Clara find the spirited waterfall Helena told about, wich no one ever found.. During her time in Yucuyoo, Clara learns more about herself, her family, Mexican Culture and the Mixteco language and that she also has a gift for healing.I was not surprised that this third book by Laura Resau that I have read was fabulous.
The book has so many layers and is very detailistic, I think it is a young adult book, but also very suitable for adult readers. Laura Resau (maybe I have said this before in one of my previous reviews of her books) really knows the culture she writes about from inside out and thats beautiful to read. A very magical and inspiring ya novel between cultures.
