The Jumbies
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...
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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
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781616204143 (1616204141)
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleAn interesting read filled with magic, adventure, and elements of Haitian folklore.As Baptiste points out in her Author's note, in comparison to European fairy tales, there are not a lot of Haitian folklore and jumbie fairy tales in mainstream literatu...
Audience: Middle Grade Format: Hardcover/Library Copy Corinne La Mer's heart beat like wild drums as she ran through the forest. - first sentence The Jumbies takes place on a Caribbean island and is based on Caribbean fairy tales. Everyone in the village avoids the forest, but Corinne doesn’...
If you love Uprooted and have a younger reader who isn't ready for it, may I suggest The Jumbies? Folktale fantasy adventure where a girl saves her friends and family from the darkness in the forest, but for ages 10-13. I liked this one quite a bit.
A really lovely middle grade fantasy, based on Haitian folklore. I loved the way Baptiste examines the intricacies of family, without leaving any easy conclusions. Corinne is a great protagonist, who makes mistakes but also cares about her father and her friends.
Fairy tales continue to be one of the cornerstones of my reading. The age that the story is written for doesn't matter. Give me a re-telling, or a classic, and I'll sit there wide-eyed and invested until the very end. So, it's not surprise that I picked up The Jumbies. I love reading folklore from d...
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