The Whispering BanyanBy Brinda PhokeerdassWhen sixteen-year-old Elara Dubois hears the banyan tree whisper her name, she knows something ancient has awakened.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.But the island she seeks, L'île Oubliée, 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.A haunting, lyrical adventure about courage, legacy, and the price of the truth.Will Elara survive the journey... or become another story whispered by the banyan?