The Song of the Locust

Thirteen-year-old best friends Antonio and Rachel were inseparable, growing up neighbors in the small Mexican border town of Cocobana. Then Rachel's American family moves to Laguna Beach, California and for the first time Antonio and Rachel live apart. After a year of forced separation not made any easier by their daily phone calls and texts, Antonio has had enough! He is determined to cross the dangerous border and reunite with his friend in America. Join him on his suspense-filled, magical, whimsical trek across deserts and mountains, visiting ghost towns and meeting creatures both friend and foe, as he journeys to again be with his first love, Rachel.