On a field trip to the wetlands, Catholic school student Sandy tumbles into a turtle's shell and through magical new dimensions of the natural world. Along the way, Sandy discovers that the more we explore, the more there is to see and the bigger the world becomes. Complex and unconventional panel layouts feature Alvarez's lush, radiant illustrations, depicting real and imagined plant and animal life that seems to change and grow before our eyes. This is the second instalment in the Nightlights series.

Author is from Columbia.

England. Originally published in England as Hicotea: A Nightlights Story by Nowbrow in 2019.

Raina Telgemeier meets Miyazaki with a Latin American twist in this mesmerizing follow-up to the best-selling children's graphic novel Nightlights. Lorena Alvarez's spunky heroine Sandy returns to explore a magical new dimension.

On a school field trip to the river, Sandy wanders away from her classmates and discovers an empty turtle shell. Peeking through the dark hole, she suddenly finds herself within a magical realm. Filled with sculptures, paintings and books, the turtle's shell is a museum of the natural world. But one painting is incomplete, and the turtle needs Sandy's help to finish it.