{"product_id":"the-jumbies-complete-paperback-set","title":"The Jumbies Complete Paperback Set","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe start of an exciting series filled with Caribbean folklore and daring adventure.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Corinne La Mer claims she isn’t afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They’re just tricksters made up by parents to frighten their children. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden forest, and shining yellow eyes follow her to the edge of the trees. They couldn’t belong to a jumbie. Or could they?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Corinne spots a beautiful stranger at the market the very next day, she knows something extraordinary is about to happen. When this same beauty, called Severine, turns up at Corinne’s house, danger is in the air. Severine plans to claim the entire island for the jumbies. Corinne must call on her courage and her friends and learn to use ancient magic she didn’t know she possessed to stop Severine and to save her island home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second installment of the action-packed, fantasy-adventure series, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Jumbies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Deep beneath the waves, a great enemy awakens . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With action-packed storytelling and inventive twists on Caribbean and West African mythology and fairy tales, \u003ci\u003eRise of the Jumbies \u003c\/i\u003eis a breathlessly exciting tale of courage and friendship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An NPR Best Book of 2017\u003cbr\u003e A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017\u003cbr\u003e A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe scariest and most heart-pounding installment of the highly praised and popular \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJumbies \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eseries!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Huracan summons the wind and rain and wields lightning like a sword. He doesn’t miss and he never falters. He will destroy everything in his path if he desires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When an out-of-season hurricane sweeps through Corinne’s seaside village, she knows it’s not an ordinary storm. At first Corinne believes Mama D’Leau, the powerful and cruel jumbie who rules the ocean, has caused the hurricane. Then an even more ferocious storm wrecks the island, sending villagers fleeing their houses for shelter in the mountains, and Corinne discovers the chaos wasn’t caused by a jumbie, but by an angry god, Huracan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Corinne, with the help of her friends and even some of her enemies, must race against time to find out what has angered Huracan and try to fix it before her island home is destroyed forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jumbie God’s Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e blends Caribbean and West African tales to present powerful themes of community and heroism in a thrilling action adventure.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Workman Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41313018183857,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/workman-feed-prod.myshopify.com\/products\/the-jumbies-complete-paperback-set","provider":"zzz_Workman Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}