Bumps in the Night (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9780593645888)

The creepy middle grade debut from USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard in which a girl stays with her grandmother in Trinidad for the summer and discovers that she comes from a long line of powerful witches.

Darika "Rika" Lovelace is in trouble. The kind of trouble that sends her to her grandmother's estate in Trinidad for the whole summer. But something about the island feels...different. As soon as she steps off the plane, strange things start happening!

Rika meets a group of kids called Minders, who seem to have elemental powers. Even worse, she can sense jumbies lurking in the shadows. Needless to say, she wants a ticket home. But when the Minders let slip that her long-lost mom is in danger, she knows she can't leave.

Thrust into a magical adventure involving bloodcurdling monsters, a supernatural silk cotton tree, and an endless maze, Rika must defeat the fearsome jumbie king to save her family and new friends. But unless she learns to believe in herself, she'll never beat him or escape his twisted maze.

Author: Amalie Howard
ISBN-10: 059364588X
ISBN-13: 9780593645888
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Language: English
Published: 02/20/2024
Pages: 304
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.70w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2024 pg. 95