Blume in Danger

An island of butterflies, ancient burials, and time-honored customs—an Eden that someone is determined to erase from the face of the earth for the sake of a National Park. Eight-year-old Mingo Karas is not ready to leave his home without a fight: if the law will not stand up for the weak, he will find another way to protect them. A piercing, brutally sincere story about choice, honor, and resistance.

Indonesian Sulawesi is a true tropical Eden. Its people still preserve traditions that reach deep into the centuries. Here you can still come across the rarest animals, and dazzlingly bright butterflies—the island’s symbol—lure hunters, and not all of them act honestly or by the rules. But even paradise is never invulnerable. The authorities decide to create a National Park on the island—and for that, they are willing to level an entire village. The family of eight-year-old Mingo Karas is ordered to leave their native home, abandon their ancestors’ graves, and move to a new place.

But Mingo chooses something else. He will fight. And if justice cannot be found on the “bright” side of the law, he will step into the place where it can be won.

A captivating, distinctive tale filled with local color and disarmingly honest.