{"product_id":"sunchild","title":"Sunchild","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen adopted Elena visits Guatemala to meet her birth mother, she is called to save the village that would have been her home\u0026amp;mdash;using special magic traits that only she can access.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAura Elena Baker didn't even want to find the woman who gave her away. But she\u0026amp;rsquo;ll do anything to make her dad happy, and he wants to try. Maybe they\u0026amp;rsquo;ll find some answers, he says, like why her tears are purple and her tongue turns yellow when she\u0026amp;rsquo;s angry, why when she\u0026amp;rsquo;s happy enough, she lifts off the ground. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElena\u0026amp;rsquo;s dad thinks maybe life would be safer and simpler without these \u0026amp;ldquo;specials.\u0026amp;rdquo; But her birth mother, Caterina, cherishes them. Elena is a lifter, she explains, from a long Mayan tradition; so is Elena's half-sister, Colel. Even more shocking, Elena\u0026amp;rsquo;s adoption wasn't her mother's choice, not at all. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmidst the joy of reunion comes terrible news: Caterina\u0026amp;rsquo;s village (\u003ci\u003eElena\u0026amp;rsquo;s\u003c\/i\u003e village, in another life\u0026amp;hellip;) is in the crosshairs of a palm oil development that would steal the land and poison the water. Elena\u0026amp;rsquo;s dad wants to flee back to Texas, but Colel pushes her to join the fight. Caught in the middle, only Elena can answer the question: who will she become? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWoven with magical realism, \u003ci\u003eSunchild\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating story of identity, family, and ecological justice from Guatemalan-Anglo American and Pura Belpr\u0026amp;eacute; Honoree Rebecca Balc\u0026amp;aacute;rcel, author of \u003ci\u003eShine On, Luz V\u0026amp;eacute;liz!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Other Half of Happy. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press","offers":[{"title":"US - Hardback","offer_id":49727737168099,"sku":"DTRCWUS-9780823456727","price":118.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780823456727.jpg?v=1789291427","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/en-mo\/products\/sunchild","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}