The water came down, rolling her onto the gritty sand.

They bounced up, and Corinne realized too late that they were preparing to dive beneath a wave.

The grinning brothers had seawater dripping from their tightly curled hair. She turned and swam to the surface.Īs soon as she came up, she spotted Bouki and Malik, closer to the shore. Just as she was about to make a grab, a huge wave crashed down and a zillion salty bubbles and grains of sand blocked the shell from view. She kicked her feet and pushed harder toward it. Streaks of light illuminated the golden sand beneath her and shone on a large pink shell half-buried on the seafloor, just out of reach. With action-packed storytelling and inventive twists on Caribbean and West African mythology and fairy tales, Rise of the Jumbies is a breathlessly exciting tale of courage and friendship.Ī School Library Journal Best Book of 2017 Read ExcerptĬorinne La Mer dove through the waves. The only thing more perilous than Corinne’s adventures across the sea is the jumbie that waits for her back home. Corinne and her friends Dru, Bouki, and Malik must travel with mermaids across the ocean to fetch a powerful object for Mama D’Leau. But Mama D’Leau’s help comes with a price. 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. When local children begin to go missing, snatched from the beach and vanishing into wells, suspicious eyes turn to Corinne.

Everyone knows Corinne is half-jumbie, and many of her neighbors treat her with mistrust. Ĭorinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago, but things haven’t exactly gone back to normal in her Caribbean island home. The second installment of the action-packed, fantasy-adventure series, The Jumbies.ĭeep beneath the waves, a great enemy awakens.

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