Seeking Hakka Bakka

When eight-year-old Mandolin MacDu's beloved father tells her about hakka bakka, a Hindi term meaning the place where you belong in life, it sounds great to her. With a mother she never knew, she sometimes doesnt know who she really is or where she belongs.

When her father dies suddenly in an accident, Mandolin is left to live with her un-caring grandma, Hopscotchand feeling more lost and out of place than ever. Her father was everything to her, and with him gone, she feels she has nothing. Hopscotch certainly doesnt help the situation. A heartless, bitter woman, Hopscotch does nothing but pester young Mandolin. Then, Mandolin has an idea: What about her mother? What had ever become of the woman who gave birth to her? Perhaps by finding her Mandolin can discover her place in the world.

Mandolin seeks her unknown mother over the course of twenty-five years and several continents. In order to see where she is going, Mandolin must discover her heritage and connect with her mom. With the help of her fathers spirit and a mothers love, she just might find hakka bakka.