Daughter of the Solstice

When twelve-year-old Monia climbs an oak tree in search of quiet, she does not yet know that the world is about to change forever.When violence tears her family apart and sends her across the sea to the ancient world of Kemet, she carries only what cannot be taken: her mother's hair, her father's amulet, and a way of knowing that lives in her body rather than her mind.Guided by healers, mystics, and people who choose to love her, Monia moves through temples and rivers, deserts and sacred lakes, learning that the world does not speak in words. It speaks in feeling, in knowing, in the still place between thoughts.Rich with the wisdom of ancient Egypt, the healing traditions of the feminine, and the quiet power of a girl learning to trust what she carries within her, Daughter of the Solstice is a story about grief, wonder, and the quiet courage of becoming. For anyone who has ever sensed that the world speaks, if only we learn how to listen.To listen. To remember. To become.