The Jumbies [Hardcover]

A spine-tingling tale rooted in Caribbean folklore that will have readers holding their breath as they fly through its pages.

Corinne La Mer isnt afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. Theyre just tricksters parents make up to frighten their children. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden forest. Those shining yellow eyes that followed her to the edge of the trees, they couldnt belong to a jumbie. Or could they?

When Corinne spots a beautiful stranger speaking to the town witch at the market the next day, she knows something unexpected is about to happen. And when this same beauty, called Severine, turns up at Corinnes house, cooking dinner for Corinnes father, Corinne is sure that danger is in the air. She soon finds out that bewitching her father, Pierre, is only the first step in Severines plan to claim the entire island for the jumbies. Corinne must call on her courage and her friends and learn to use ancient magic she didnt know she possessed to stop Severine and save her island home.

With its able and gutsy heroine, lyrical narration, and inventive twist on the classic Haitian folktale The Magic Orange Tree, The Jumbies will be a favorite of fans of Breadcrumbs, A Tale Dark and Grimm, and Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.