

Told by a narrator you won't soon forget, it is filled with myth and legend, danger and bravery. What a fun discovery!" -Nikki Giovanni, poet and award-winning author of Rosa "I loved this book. Schmidt, two-time Newbery Honor medalist and author of The Wednesday Wars "Oh, wow! Hoodoo may just be the perfect book for a rainy day. Reader, be prepared to have your foundations shaken: this is a world that is deeper, more wondrous, more spiritually charged than you may have ever imagined." -Gary D. The straightforward plot makes this accessible to younger readers, and the atmospheric setting will certainly leave them with a chill." -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "The action of the novel moves swiftly, and readers should be easily drawn into its dark, supernatural ambience." -Publishers Weekly "What a splendid novel. Hoodoo is pure folk magic, if you didn't know." -Keith Donohue, New York Times best-selling author of The Stolen Child, "The horror element is just as vividly drawn, with the terrifying Stranger rivaling Barraclough's Long Lankinin his creepiness.

