Maya's notebook

Nineteen-year-old Maya Nidal has grown up with her grandparents. Her grandmother is a force of nature--willful, outspoken, wise, and fiercely protective. Her African American grandfather, an astronomer and professor, is a gentle man with a comforting presence. When her grandfather dies, Maya falls apart and turns to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime. Lost in a dangerous underworld she is rescued by her grandmother who helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile.