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Solimar

the Sword of Monarchs

by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Franchesca Agramonte
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Middle-grade fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan's Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in Solimar and a fresh, magical story! On the brink of her Quinceañera, and her official coronation, Solimar visits the oyamel forest to sit among the monarch butterflies. There, the sun pierces through a sword-shaped crevice in a boulder, which shines on her and sends the butterflies humming and swirling around her. After the magical frenzy, she realizes she's been given a gift—and a burden: she can predict the near future! She has also become a protector of the young and weak butterflies. This alone would be a huge responsibility, but tragedy strikes when a neighboring king invades while her father and brother and many others are away. The remaining villagers are taken hostage—all except Solimar. Can this princess-to-be save her family, the kingdom, and the future of the monarch butterflies from a greedy and dangerous king? Written for ages 8 to 12 by the Newbery Honor Medal winner of the highly acclaimed novel Echo.

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  • Release date

    February 15, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9781368080743
      • File size: 134026 KB
      • Duration: 04:39:13

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Franchesca Agramonte's upbeat rhythm gives a fairy-tale feel to a story of family, duty, and following your heart. Solimar's quincea�era will soon make her a fully fledged princess of the 12 kingdoms of Mexico, but will it give her the power to lead her people? When she visits the monarch butterflies in the forest, she is made the protector of the ones that struggle on their migration. She also encounters a curse that endangers her kingdom and a blessing that gives her the power to save it. Agramonte shines in the lively chemistry she gives character exchanges, especially between Solimar and an inventive son of pomegranate farmers who guides her on an action-packed river voyage. S.T.C. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      December 20, 2021
      Muñoz Ryan (Mañanaland) nimbly wields fairy tale charm in this rousing fantasy about a young Mexican royal who must protect her home and its rich natural resources from invading forces just before her quinceañera and official coronation. In the kingdom of San Gregorio, soon-to-be 15-year-old Solimar Guadalupe (“more like a rough-and-tumble forest elf than a princess”) sneaks out of her palace to greet the first wave of migrating monarch butterflies in a nearby forest. After the encounter leaves her rebozo, a long linen shawl, with a curious iridescence she can’t seem to remove, Solimar discovers that she has gained the ability to predict future events and been given a critical task: protecting young straggling monarchs until they can fly. But when a neighboring kingdom uses her father and brother’s absence to invade San Gregorio in a play for land, Solimar must use everything in her arsenal to save her kingdom and its beautiful oyamel fir forests from destruction. Though Muñoz Ryan incorporates an
      ill-considered connection to the colonial powers of Spain to explain Solimar’s “distinguished” royal heritage, the otherwise thoughtfully crafted protagonist and band of heroes display charisma and cleverness aplenty, and the narrative’s action sequences create an enthralling, well-paced narrative. Ages 8–12. Agent: Kendra Marcus, BookStop Literary.

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