The Secret of the Sundance Caves

by Sharla Shangeling

Exuberant, ambitious, fascinating, and sublime, in The Secret of the Sundance Caves, Sharla Shangeling writes the wild escapades of a young girl whose destiny and courage meet the power of faith head on. Karys Kitane is not like other girls her age. Just as Persephone ate Hade’s pomegranate seeds and became a captive of the underworld, Karys eats the shadon beni bud—a mysterious shoot of green in her father’s garden. Upon eating the scarlet sprout she discovers Dream and Darkness, which she swallows whole and splits wide open. Now, she sees the world differently and it does not matter so much that she is invisible to her parents or that her schoolmates are terrific wretches because she has courage, wanderlust, and curiosity in spades. Beckoned by her great aunt to the furthest hillsides of the Caribbean where she lives, she will embark on an enchanted, unforgettable adventure of mystic mayhem and explore a cave that has deeper secrets than she—or anyone—could ever imagine.

Genres: Young Adult

296 pages

First published September 19, 2008

About the author

Sharla Shangeling is a storyteller of great insight and wisdom. She is ancient and not of this world—part mystic, part fairy, she has taken many forms and her travels have allowed her to witness the unimaginable, which she can no longer resist disclosing. Behold, the folktales and myths of the land of Bekano are now at your fingertips. Make no mistake—the world is a magical place!

Reviews

[Scarlet O'hara]

This is an amazing book for anyone who loves books, heroes and adventure. By the end of it... you will believe in magic.

I am enjoying reading The Secret of the Sundance Caves. It is very stylised and has fantastic and fantastical characters. Bekano is a world you will long to enter and begin to believe.


(The copy I'm reading is an advanced copy)