Bumps in the Night

By Amalie Howard

A girl uncovers her witch heritage and faces a jumbie king to save her family.

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304 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Rika Lovelace's summer in Trinidad takes a magical turn when she discovers her witch lineage. Strange happenings and lurking jumbies push her into a world of elemental powers and danger. With her long-lost mother in peril, Rika must confront the jumbie king and navigate a supernatural maze. Can she harness her newfound abilities to save her family and friends, or will doubt be her downfall?

From the publisher

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.

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