Rise of the Jumbies

Rise of the Jumbies

Deep beneath the waves, a great enemy awakens . . . Corinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago, but things haven’t exactly gone back to normal in her Caribbean island home. Everyone knows Corinne is half-jumbie, and many of her neighbors treat her with mistrust. When local children begin to go missing, snatched from the beach and vanishing into wells, suspicious eyes turn to Corinne. 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. But Mama D’Leau’s help comes with a price. Corinne and her friends Dru, Bouki, and Malik must travel with mermaids across the ocean to fetch a powerful object for Mama D’Leau. The only thing more perilous than Corinne’s adventures across the sea is the jumbie that waits for her back home. 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. An NPR Best Book of 2017 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017
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Sarah Sammis@pussreboots
4 stars
Apr 4, 2024

** spoiler alert ** The novel has three distinct parts: the disappearing children, the journey, and the final confrontation. The third act, though, doesn't flow as naturally as the first two. It takes a while to gear up before Corinne realizes what she has to do to save her island. While what it entails involves the potential for great personal sacrifice the emotional hits didn't strike as hard as similar ones in the second act. I suspect, though, that if I were in the intended age range of this book's audience, the emotional hits would have had exactly the opposite effects. If I were still in upper elementary to middle school ages, I would probably have been baffled by the emotional anguish the mermaids feel as they help the children reach their destination. But the later threat to Corinne's own home and family life would have left me bawling. http://pussreboots.com/blog/2022/comm...

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Kelsey Holtaway@kelsey
4 stars
Oct 19, 2021

#fortnightfrights “book by a Black/African author” Loved this even more than the first one

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Moth@inkdrunkmoth
4 stars
Aug 16, 2023
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dem@dem437
3 stars
Feb 1, 2022
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Yanni Wilson@aliterarymosaic
4 stars
Sep 5, 2021
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Jelke Olila@jellybean
3 stars
Aug 18, 2021