Notebooks trilogy

"Fifteen-year-old Zeeta lives in a different country every year with her flighty English-teaching mom, Layla. The wandering life suits Layla, who lives in the moment, quotes mystical poetry, and hangs out with penniless artists and scraggly-haired clowns. But Zeeta yearns for the normal life she sees in American magazine ads. This year, Zeeta finds herself in the Ecuadoran Andes, where sacred waterfalls grant wishes and old Incan gods dwell in mountains....

Zeeta, a down-to-earth girl, spends years with her flighty mom traveling the world, but when they try to settle down in Mazunte, Mexico, where Zeeta's true love Wendell is interning as a nature photographer, Zeeta is convinced that Mazunte is going to be their home, until she and Wendell uncover more about her elusive father's past.