The Orphan of Torundi

A Young Adult, Quirky, Cross-Cultural Tale of Suspense, Adventure and Romance. Orphaned as an infant, Sam is raised by a research mission in the rainforests of Torundi. She wields a mean machete, makes soap from candlenuts and is a fairly astute amateur entomologist. You know, the normal stuff. But a month before her seventeenth birthday, she is exiled to an American boarding school in Malaysia. Armed with little more than her unusual upbringing and church-lady clothes, Sam must contend with her new existence as the world's most socially unprepared high school senior. Well that’s just fine. Because she is determined to solve the mystery behind her banishment and return home tout de suite. But when she discovers that her banishment is tied to a corporation with illicit designs on Torundi, she realizes the real mystery she must solve is ... why? As she chases this puzzle to its end, she unravels a plot that threatens her home, her trust in the boy she has grown to love and her own existence.