Anika Fajardo Knihy

A young woman from Minnesota searches out the Colombian father she’s never known in this powerful exploration of what family really means  He loved Colombia too much to leave it. The explanation from her Minnesotan mother was enough to satisfy a child’s curiosity about her missing father. But at twenty-one, Anika Fajardo wanted more. She wanted to know her father better and to know what kind of country could have such a hold on him. And so, in 1995, Fajardo boarded a plane and flew to Colombia to discover a birthplace that was foreign to her and a father who was a stranger. There she learns that sometimes, no matter how many pieces you find, fitting together a family history isn’t easy.With her tentative entry into her father’s world, Fajardo steps on a path that will take her in surprising directions, toward unsuspected secrets about her family and herself. Set against the changing backdrops of Colombia and the American Midwest, her journey carries her back to the 1970s and the beginnings of her parents’ broken marriage, and forward to the present day, where the magic and reality of love and heartache—and her own experience as a parent—await her. The way is strewn with obstacles, physical and metaphysical—from the perils encountered on a mountain road in Colombia to the death of a loved one to the birth of her own child—but the toughest to negotiate are the shifting place of memory and truth while coming to understand her place in her family and in the world.Vivid and heartfelt in the telling, Fajardo’s story is powerfully compelling in its bridging of time and place and in its moving depiction of self-transformation. Family, she comes to find, is where you find it and what you make of it.

Everyone in the Madrigal family is magical, that is, except for Maribel. The youngest of three sisters, Maribel lives in the shadow of Isabel, the golden child, who has flowers grow in her footsteps wherever she walks. She also lives beneath the power of Luisa, the strong one, who can lift mountains, literally, to help people around the town. Her sisters live happy and contented lives in the roles that their magical abilities have created for them, while Maribel is just trying to fit in. Or, do they?

Eddie Aguado, an eleven-year-old boy, believes that winning the 14th Annual Arne Hopkins Dock Fishing Tournament will help him connect with his late father, who passed away when Eddie was just five. As he navigates the challenges of learning to fish, Eddie embarks on a journey of self-discovery and healing, exploring themes of loss, family bonds, and the importance of pursuing one's dreams.

Trzy siostry, trzy opowieści i tylko jedna taka historia Każdy w rodzinie Madrigal ma magiczne moce. Każdy, z wyjątkiem Maribel! Najmłodsza z trzech sióstr dorasta w cieniu niezwykłej Isabel, pod którą rozkwitają kwiaty, kiedy tylko jej stopa dotknie ziemi. Nie może się też równać z Luis, która została obdarzona nadludzką siłą. Jedynie Maribel nie otrzymała żadnego daru i najwyraźniej nie pasuje do tego magicznego miejsca skrytego w lasach Kolumbii. Do czasu, kiedy okazuje się, że jej rodzinie zagraża wielkie niebezpieczeństwo i tylko zwykła nastolatka może zapobiec nieszczęściu. Ta niezwykła historia została opowiedziana z perspektywy trzech bohaterek, które łączą nierozerwalne więzy krwi.

Fremde, die zu Schwestern werden: Warmherzig, charmant und witzig! Ein Neuanfang ist nie einfach, und ans andere Ende des Landes zu ziehen und alles zurückzulassen, was man kennt, erst recht nicht. Mattie Gomez ist nicht gerade begeistert darüber, ab jetzt zusammen mit ihrer neuen Patchworkfamilie in Kalifornien zu wohnen. Doch dann lernt sie Mercedes Miller kennen, die ihre Welt ganz schön auf den Kopf stellt. Dieses fremde Mädchen sieht ihr unglaublich ähnlich! Charakterlich könnten die beiden zwar nicht unterschiedlicher sein, doch schon bald stellen Mattie und Mercedes fest, dass sie zumindest eines gemeinsam haben: einen Vater aus Kolumbien, den keine von ihnen je kennengelernt hat. Um ihn zu finden, müssen sie sich zusammenschließen, Übernachtungen vortäuschen, ihren Freunden aus dem Weg gehen und waghalsige Fluchten von Schulausflügen planen. Wenn sie nur lange genug aufhören könnten, sich zu zanken...