**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 fam
Root Magic
β Scribed by Eden Royce
- Publisher
- Walden Pond Press
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 217 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0062899570
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β¦ Synopsis
"A poignant, necessary entry into the children's literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the history and culture of Gullah people while highlighting the timeless plight of Black Americans. Add in a fun, magical adventure and you get everything I want in a book!" --Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation
Debut author Eden Royce arrives with a wondrous story of love, bravery, friendship, and family, filled to the brim with magic great and small.
It's 1963, and things are changing for Jezebel Turner. Her beloved grandmother has just passed away. The local police deputy won't 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 eleven-- and their uncle, Doc, tells them he's going to train them in rootwork.
Jez and Jay have...
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