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1) The Jumbies
Author
Series
The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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2023-2024 OBOB 3rd-5th Grade
African Animals- Children's Book List
Popular Retellings
Spooky Middle Grade
African Animals- Children's Book List
Popular Retellings
Spooky Middle Grade
Description
A spine-tingling tale rooted in Caribbean folklore about an ordinary girl who must use her extraordinary bravery--and a bit of magic--to save her island home from jumbies, the scary spirits that haunt the forest.
Corinne La Mer isn't afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They're just tricksters parents make up to frighten their children. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into...
Author
Series
Winnie Zeng volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
As the balance between the human and spirit realm becomes more fragile as Halloween aproaches, Winnie Zeng and her archnemesis and fellow member of the Shaman Task Force, David, must work with a new shaman to keep their town safe.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
Long ago the dam formed, the lively river turned into a swamp, and the wasting illness came to Luna's village, and now that her little sister is sick Luna will do anything to save her, even offer herself to the creature that lives in the swamp on the day of the nearer moon--a lonely and bitter water sprite who was left behind when her people fled through a door to another world.
Author
Series
Willa of the Wood volume 1
Language
English
Description
In the late 1800s, a twelve-year-old nightspirit living in the Great Smoky Mountains despairs as homesteaders destroy her forest habitat, until a chance encounter with a "day-folk" man changes everything she thought she knew about her people--and their greatest enemy.
Author
Series
Gods of Manhattan volume 2
Publisher
Dutton Childrens Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
As thirteen-year-old Rory continues his mission in Mannahatta, a spirit realm that co-exists alongside modern-day New York City, filled with fantastical creatures and people from the city's colorful past, he discovers that his father, whom he never wants to see again, is the only hope for peace.
Author
Series
Theo Tan volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After learning that his brother's spirit is trapped in Diyu, twelve-year-old Theo and his snarky fox spirit, Kai, encounter demons, Kings of Hell, and Princess Iron Fan as they try to reach Jamie's spirit before it faces judgement on the solstice.
Author
Series
Zachary Ying volume 1
Language
English
Description
After his augmented reality gaming headset is possessed by the spirit of the First Emperor of China, twelve-year-old Chinese American Zack Ying is compelled to travel across China to steal an ancient artifact, fight figures from Chinese history and myth, and seal a portal to prevent malicious spirits from destroying the human realm.
10) Serpentine
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: The world-changing events of The Amber Spyglass are behind them, and Lyra and Pan find themselves utterly changed as well. In Serpentine, they journey to the far North once more, hoping to ask the Consul of Witches a most urgent question. His dark materials series, 80pp.
11) Ninth Ward
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
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Description
In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.
Author
Series
The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Suspicion falls on half-jumbie Corinee when local children from her Caribbean island home begin to disappear, and she is forced to go deep into the ocean to seek the help of a dangerous jumbie who rules the waves.
Author
Series
Fairy Realm volume 8
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
During her most recent visit to the Fairy Realm, Jessie inadvertently allows a baby fairy to be captured by water sprites who want to hold the child captive until their missing moonstone is returned.
14) Far away
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old CJ believes her mom is dead and that she can only communicate with her through her aunt, who is a medium, but when CJ finds out that her mother is actually alive, she goes on a journey to find her.
15) Rabbit chase
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Language
English
Description
Anishinaabe culture and storytelling meet Alice in Wonderland in this coming-of-age graphic novel that explores Indigenous and gender issues through a fresh yet familiar looking glass. Aimée, a non-binary Anishinaabe middle-schooler, is on a class trip to offer gifts toPaayehnsag, the water spirits known to protect the land. While stories are told about the water spirits and the threat of the land being taken over for development, Aimée zones out,...
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Deep in the library is a book that tells of giants and elves, woffs and deer foxes, and all manner of creatures from the Wilderness to the center of Trolberg. Those who wish to learn will glean all the knowledge they need from Hilda's own copy of this fascinating compendium of beasts and spirits. For fans of Netflix's hit animated Hilda series, this gorgeous guide to creatures from tiny to giant will keep young adventurers spellbound, with a behind-the-scenes...
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