Primavera — Francesca Lia Block

Her voice brought life to the barren desert. Her songs made water flow and flowers blossom from the very moment she was born. But even in Paradise there are dreams that cannot be fulfilled. Primavera, in love with a man who can never be hers, knows she must leave childhood behind.

When a handsome stranger visiting the desert offers her the gift of a horse-headed motorcycle, Primavera leaves home in search of the magical city of Elysia -- a place of carnivals and circuses, magic and music -- the city once ruled by her parents' band, Ecstasia.

Elysia . . . where time stands still and any dream that cannot come true can perhaps be forgotten. Elysia, where Primavera discovers that she has left behind everything she truly needs, everyone she truly cares about -- and that, if the city has its way, she will never find her way back home.