At first, Sonia feels freedom in being treated like all the other girls. Still, her conscience is heavy, so when she gets a chance to travel to the city and work in the home of a wealthy woman, she seizes it. Sonia knows she has no special powers, but how can she disappoint those who look to her for solace? All her life, Sonia has been asked to pray for sick mothers or missing sons, as worried parents and friends press silver milagros in her hands. And when the winds mercifully stopped, an unshakable belief in the girl’s protective powers began. Sixteen-year-old Sonia Ocampo was born on the night of the worst storm Tres Montes had ever seen. A compelling tale from a rich new voice in young adult fiction. Sonia’s entire village believes she has a gift, but it’s only in leaving home that she finds out who she truly is.
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