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Conjure Island / Eden Royce.

by Royce, Eden.

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Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2023.

Blacks -- Juvenile fiction.

Great-grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction.

Islands -- Juvenile fiction.

Magic -- Juvenile fiction.

Southern States -- Juvenile fiction.

9780062899613 (hc.)

307 p. ; 22 cm.

"If you ask Delphinia Baker, she'd tell you she has all the family she needs. Sure, her mom passed away when she was young, her dad is often away on deployment, and she's never had anyone she can call her people, but she has always had Gramma -- and for Del, that's enough. All this changes, though, when Gramma falls ill and Del is sent to stay with her great-grandmother. Del has never heard of Nana Rose, and she has no interest in staying on an unbearably hot island off the South Carolina coast. And when Nana Rose starts talking about the school she runs dedicated to their family's traditions -- something called "conjure magic" -- Del knows she's in for a weird, awkward summer. That is, until the magic turns out to be real. Soon, Del is surrounded by teachers who call themselves witches, kids with strange abilities, creatures and ghosts who can speak to her. She has a hundred questions, but one more than any other: Why didn't Gramma ever tell her about this? As Del sets out to find answers, she discovers a shadowy presence on the island -- and comes to believe that it all might be connected." --from publisher.

"From the award-winning author of Root Magic comes the story of a girl forced to spend the summer with a great-grandmother she's never met--only to discover she runs a school for Southern conjure magic"--From publisher.

Magic fiction, Juvenile.

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