Oriol naciâo en Cuba, pero vive en Santa Bâarbara, California, donde no logra encontrar su sitio. Sin embargo, pasa muchos buenos momentos cuando ayuda a sus padres en la clâinica veterinaria de la familia, donde cuidan animales heridos. La primera ganadora latinoamericana de un Premio Nobel de Literatura, la poeta Gabriela Mistral, se muda entonces a Santa Bâarbara, y Oriol se descubre confesâandole que aspira a ser escritora. Cuando la jovencita descubra que alguien estâa amenazando la vida de un pequeäno elefante en la clâinica de sus padres, decide tomar acciâon para protegerlo. Necesitarâa poesâia, coraje y fortaleza para hacer lo que cree correcto.

Cuban-born eleven-year-old Oriol lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she struggles to belong. But most of the time that's okay, because she enjoys helping her parents care for the many injured animals at their veterinary clinic. Then Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature, moves to town, and aspiring writer Oriol finds herself opening up. When she discovers that someone is threatening the life of a baby elephant at her parents' clinic, Oriol is determined to take action. As she begins to create a world of words for herself, Oriol learns it will take courage and strength to do what she thinks is right--even if it means keeping secrets from those she loves.