This middle grade fantasy novel is perfect for kids who like folk and fairy tales. When Soledad hears her mother's awful visions, she is determined to not be a part of them. She steals her mother's magical flute and runs into the mountains. Over the course of a year, three plagues befall her village and she is helpless to assist them. All she knows is that she cannot fall into the hands of the Phoenix otherwise she will be used as his pawn to create further chaos. Even while isolated high in the mountains, Soledad has fallen victim to one of the plagues, she has a wound on her leg that will not heal. She can prevent it from spreading further only if she keeps bathing it in the healing waters by her former village. It's getting more and more dangerous though. The ruin dwellers and the Phoenix's men are down there and one of these days they are going to catch her. When she runs into an old friend, she thinks that everything might be ok, but that interaction sets off a chain of events that will end everything once and for all. Solid, but some of the events seem out of order or not needed.
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