With its action-packed storytelling, diverse characters, and inventive twists on Caribbean and West African mythology and fairytales, Rise of the Jumbies will appeal to listeners of A Snicker of Magic, A Tale Dark and Grimm, and Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. The only thing more perilous than Corinne's adventures across the sea is the foe that waits for her back home. Corinne and her friends Dru, Bouki, and Malik must travel with mermaids across the ocean to the shores of Ghana to fetch a powerful object for Mama D'Leau. But Mama D'Leau's help comes with a price. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. a bit of magic-to save her island home from jumbies, the scary spirits that haunt the forest. THE JUMBIES by Tracey Baptiste APRIL 2015 MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION Ages 812, Grades 37240 pages, 5½' x 8¼'ISBN: 978-1-61620-414-3 15.95 HardcoverE-Book ISBN: 978-1-61620-488-4 BOOK TALK Corinne La Mer isn’t afraid of anything. The whole plot of this book is based on Caribbean folklore, and I have to say that that is what drew me to this book. To rescue the missing children and clear her own name, Corinne goes deep into the ocean to find Mama D'Leau, the dangerous jumbie who rules the sea. The Jumbies (2 Book Series) has 0 reviews and 0 ratings. The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste is the first book in a middle grade fantasy series with horror (it’s more spooky than scary though, so don’t worry) and folkloric elements. When local children begin to go missing, snatched from the beach and vanishing into wells, suspicious eyes turn to Corinne.

The jumbies are ancient, shape-shifting spirits living amid old-growth mahogany. Everyone knows Corinne is half-jumbie, and many of her neighbors treat her with mistrust. Baptiste (Angels Grace) mines Caribbean folklore for her second novel. Corinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago, but things haven't exactly gone back to normal in her Caribbean island home.

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