With its action-packed storytelling, diverse characters, and inventive twists on Caribbean and West African mythology and fairy tales, Rise of the Jumbies will appeal to readers 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. The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste Octo/ Betsy / No Comments Haitian folklore comes to life in this spooky story about jumbies, a brave girl and her friends, and oranges. 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. 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.Don't miss this special free preview (the first eight chapters) of the action-packed follow-up to The Jumbies.Ĭorinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago, but things haven’t exactly gone back to normal in her Caribbean island home. 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. 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. 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. 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. Those shining yellow eyes that followed her to the edge of the trees, they couldn't belong to a jumbie. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden forest. They're just tricksters parents make up to frighten their children. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. A spine-tingling tale rooted in Caribbean folklore that will have readers holding their breath as they fly through its pages.