El Espíritu Esmeralda

This book is a middle grade novel in Spanish. Suyay, a smiling Colombian young girl, is cursed by a dark forest spirit. To save her life, she is taken to the village of Jedako, where her grandfather resides. In Jedako, she will learn about the magical and ancestral art of Jaibanism, by which the shamans connect with the spirits of the forest, called Jai. These spirits are beings that maintain the balance of nature, but they can also be corrupted by the destruction and contamination of...
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This book is a middle grade novel in Spanish. Suyay, a smiling Colombian young girl, is cursed by a dark forest spirit. To save her life, she is taken to the village of Jedako, where her grandfather resides. In Jedako, she will learn about the magical and ancestral art of Jaibanism, by which the shamans connect with the spirits of the forest, called Jai. These spirits are beings that maintain the balance of nature, but they can also be corrupted by the destruction and contamination of the jungle. It was one of the corrupt Jai who cursed the girl. In the village, Suyay will know the story of the legendary Emerald Spirit: a legendary warrior who seeks balance between the Jai and the human world. Her grandfather trains Suyay to be a powerful warrior and in an unexpected decision, he appoints her as a representative of her clan to fight to become the new Emerald Spirit. This fight will be decisive in facing her own father, a powerful man who bases his business on exploitation of the environment. This is the story of a young woman who, in order to protect life in the jungle, will have to confront her family, her friends and her darkest evils.