The Whispering Banyan

<p><strong>The Whispering Banyan</strong><br><em>By Brinda Phokeerdass</em></p><p>When sixteen-year-old Elara Dubois hears the banyan tree whisper her name she knows something ancient has awakened.</p><p>Two years after her beloved grandfather Papa Jean vanished without a trace a mysterious compass and a humming stone draw Elara into a chilling web of secrets buried beneath Mauritius's turquoise waves. With only her best friend Liam and a cryptic journal as guides Elara sets sail on a forbidden path-one marked by ghostly sea choruses bioluminescent trails and watchful guardians who don't welcome trespassers.</p><p>But the island she seeks <em>L'île Oubliée</em> is no myth. It's a place lost to maps and memory holding truths too dangerous to forget-and a legacy Elara was born to claim.</p><p>A haunting lyrical adventure about courage legacy and the price of the truth.<br>Will Elara survive the journey... or become another story whispered by the banyan?</p>