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Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs

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After visiting a forest of monarch butterflies, future Princess Solimar is gifted with the ability to see the near future and finds she has also been anointed as protector of the butterflies themselves. This enchanting adventure from Newbery Honor book author Pam Muñoz Ryan is infused with Mexican culture and, of course, magic, as Solimar uses her gifts to help save her kingdom.

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: s...

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