The Jumbies by Tracey BaptisteMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This spooky story, based on a Haitian folk tale, will keep you up at night. Don't let the cute name fool you; jumbies are bizarre creatures that live in the forest of an unnamed Caribbean island. Corinne, the lead character, is a girl who lives with her father. She isn't afraid of the legend of the jumbies, or anything else for that matter. Jumbies, if they are real at all, don't leave the deep forest. That all changes when Severine, a creepy shape-shifter visits the local market in the form of a beautiful woman. She then tricks Corinne's father into falling in love with her. As she works her creepy magic, Dad begins to turn into a zombie-like jumbie. Severine's master plan is to "take back" the island that she and the other jumbies lost to humans when the first settlers arrived by boat. Corinne must count on her friends and some ancient magic to stop Severine from turning all the island's humans into jumbies.
You or your reader will love the descriptions of the tropical island. The author, Tracey Baptiste. describes the setting in vivid detail that makes it easy to imagine. You can almost taste the sweet oranges that become a large part of this story. If you love this book, you might want to try The NIght Gardener by Jonathan Auxier for an even scarier story.
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