num_pages: 256
description: Sonias entire village believes she has a gift but its only in leaving home that she finds out who she truly is. A compelling tale from a rich new voice in young adult fiction.Sixteen-year-old Sonia Ocampo was born on the night of the worst storm Tres Montes had ever seen. And when the winds mercifully stopped an unshakable belief in the girls protective powers began. 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. Sonia knows she has no special powers but how can she disappoint those who look to her for solace?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. At first Sonia feels freedom in being treated like all the other girls. But when news arrives that her beloved brother has disappeared while looking for work she learns to her sorrow that she can never truly leave the past or her family behind. With deeply realized characters a keen sense of place a hint of magical realism and a flush of young romance Meg Medina tells the tale of a strongwilled warmhearted girl who dares to face lifes harsh truths as she finds her real power.
language: English
title: The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind
publisher: Candlewick