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The Jumbies

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4 out of 5
Based on 438 Ratings and 155 Reviews

Book Description
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?

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Book Information
PublisherAlgonquin Young Readers
BindingPaperback (4 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages240
ISBN-10161620592X
ISBN-13978-1616205928
Publication Date04/26/2016
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About Tracey Baptiste (Author) : Born in Trinidad & Tobago, where she grew up on jumbie stories and fairy tales, Tracey Baptiste decided to be a writer at the age of three. Her latest novel THE JUMBIES (Algonquin Young Readers) is a ... more
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