num_pages: 200
description: It is 1969, and Ruba has just moved to Mississippi from Haiti to live with her Grandmother Jones. This world is very different from her old life, where she spent days beachcombing with Ba, her maternal grandmother, and learning the lore of magic and history that she holds close. But magic isn't welcome in her new grandmother's house. Ruba struggles to understand her strange surroundings and the hate that comes at her from some of the white people in town. It isn't long before Ruba finds herself threatened by the KKK and drawn into the fight for civil rights. But a hurricane barreling toward the coast changes everything, bringing Ruba and her family a measure of justice and a new acceptance.
language: English
title: Stormwitch
titlecomplete: Stormwitch
genres: Young Adult Historical Fiction, Fiction, Magical Realism, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Race, African American, 20th Century
ratings_count: 114
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Andre Norton Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Carl Brandon Kindred Award
publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens