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The Jumbies

Written by:
Tracey Baptiste
Narrated by:
Robin Miles

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
9
Narrator
1
Release Date
April 28, 2015
Duration
5 hours 10 minutes
Summary
A spine-tingling tale rooted in Caribbean folklore that will have readers holding their breath as they fly through its pages. Corinne La Mer isn't afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They're 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 couldn't 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 Corinne's house, cooking dinner for Corinne's 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 Severine's 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 didn't 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.'
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Loved the story. Corinne was my hero! So brave! Black girl magic at its finest!

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