The Butterfly's Daughter

The legend of las mariposas—the beautiful monarch butterflies that every year fly more than two thousand miles on fragile wings to return to their winter home in Mexico—is Luz Avila’s birthright. She learned of their ways and their mystical powers from the grandmother who was the only family she ever knew. Now it is her turn, like the butterflies, to make that long, perilous journey. In order to honor a promise to her beloved abuela, Luz must return her grandmother’s ashes to her ances…