Debut author Eden Royce arrives with a wondrous story of love, bravery, friendship, and family, filled to the brim with magic great and small.
Itβs 1963, and things are changing for Jezebel Turner. Her beloved grandmother has just passed away. The local police deputy wonβt stop harassing her family. With school integration arriving in South Carolina, Jez and her twin brother, Jay, are about to begin the school year with a bunch of new kids. But the biggest change comes when Jez and Jay turn elevenβ and their uncle, Doc, tells them heβs going to train them in rootwork.
Jez and Jay have always been fascinated by the African American folk magic that has been the legacy of their family for generationsβespecially the curious potions and powders Doc and Gran would make for the people on their island. But Jez soon finds out that her familyβs true power goes far beyond small charms and elixirsβ¦and not a moment too soon. Because when evil both natural and supernatural comes to show itself in town, itβs going to take every bit of the magic she has inside her to see her through.