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.Ī fantastic scary story for kids of all agesīased on the Haitian folk tale of "The Magic Orange Tree," Tracey Baptiste has woven a wonderful tale of magic, mythology, and things that go bump in the night. 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. 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 listeners holding their breath as they fly through the audio.Ĭorinne La Mer isn't afraid of anything.
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