The Indigo Notebook 1-100

Zeeta and her mom, Layla, move all over the world. Zeeta's fifteen years old, and she's lived in over a dozen countries. Layla's very flighty and free-spirited, and a little bit crazy. Now, they're moving to Ecuador. Zeeta's always wanted a "normal" life, and she sees her chance when Layla's talking to a "normal" guy on the plane. However, that's not the kind of guy Layla would ever go out with. When in Ecuador, Zeeta goes to the market and makes her first friend; Gaby. Gaby is a vendor at the market. Zeeta also meets Wendell; an awkward Ecuadorian-American boy who is on a quest to find his birth parents. He knows his parents are Ecuadorian, but he was adopted by a family in Colorado when he was just a baby. He wants Zeeta to help him find his parents. Zeeta agrees. Wendell also gives her a strange warning to "Be careful in the water." The next day, Layla and Zeeta go to a mystic waterfall where you can supposedly make wishes that will come true. Layla slips into the water in a bad spot, and nearly drowns. She changes at that point to a more responsible person. She meets up with the guy from the plane; Jeff, and quits being such a "free spirit." In the meantime, Wendell and Zeeta start to look for his birth parents in a neighboring village. They meet Mamita Luz and Taita Silvio. They're the "parents" of all the village children. They don't have any kids of their own, but all the village children love them. Wendell questions them to see if they know anything about his parents. They don't tell him much, but it seems like they're hiding something.