![]() ![]() The five sisters have distinct personalities-Brave Odilia, headstrong Juanita, the twins Velia and Delia who are both bratty and trade on their beauty, and the naïve 10-year old Pita. The characters, even the magical ones, are real. Summer of the Mariposas is more than just a high concept work of fiction. Their adventures are thrilling, full of magic and sometimes quite funny. Along the way, they have many adventures, including run-ins with wily sorceresses, lechuzas (owl-women), evil warlocks and chupacabras (goat blood suckers). ![]() Since the girls have a grandmother who lives in Mexico, they decide to go visit her as well. She gives Odilia a pair of magic earrings that allow her to call on the magical intervention of Tonantzin, the sacred Aztec mother goddess, should they need it. ![]() ![]() Odilia, the eldest of the girls, has a vision of Llorona, the mythic weeping woman, who tells her that she and her sisters must return the man’s body to his family in Mexico. In a small Texas town, the 5 Garza sisters find a dead body floating in their summer watering hole. Garcia McCall has mixes Aztec and Mexican mythology with the ultimate quest story, The Odyssey and come up with a charming, richly layered YA novel. Syncretic religion mixes two separate religious traditions-say, Christianity with African Orisha worship-and combines them in a new way that honors both traditions. ![]()
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