From the time he is a young boy, Neftalí hears the call of a mysteriousvoice. Even when the neighborhood children taunt him, and when hisharsh, authoritarian father ridicules him, and when he doubts himself,Neftalí knows he cannot ignore the call.Under the canopy of the lushrain forest, into the fearsome sea, and through the persistent Chileanrain, he listens and he follows. ...Combining elements of magicalrealism with biography, poetry, literary fiction, and sensorial,transporting illustrations, Pam Muñoz Ryan and Peter Sís take readers ona rare journey of the heart and imagination.