The center of the world

How do you keep a secret so huge that it could devastate everyone you care about?

For Kate Malloy, the answer is simple: one lie at a time.

That's how she has protected her daughter for more than a dozen years, shielding her from a terrible truth.

Sofia, a fifteen-year-old soccer star living in New England, believes she was born in Mexico and legally adopted by Kate.

But a posthumous letter from her stepfather tells Sofia a different story - one of civil unrest and bloodshed, death-defying heroism and child-smuggling, harrowing sacrifice and desperate decisions.

Sofia's trust in her mother is shattered. At last Kate must do what she knows is right - accompany Sofia back to Guatemala, the place where Kate found horror and heartache but also the greatest joy of her life.