num_pages: 266
description: Corinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago but things havent 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 DLeau the dangerous jumbie who rules the sea. But Mama DLeaus help comes with a price. 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 DLeau. The only thing more perilous than Corinnes adventures across the sea is the foe that waits for her back home. 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 Breadcrumbs and Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.
language: English
title: Rise of the Jumbies
publisher: Algonquin Young Readers