Hoodoo: A Spooky Historical Fantasy About a Boy Learning to Conjure Magic in 1930s Alabama for Children (Ages 10-12)

Smith, Ronald L.

ISBN 10: 0544935616 / ISBN 13: 9780544935617

Published by Clarion Books, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hoodoo: A Spooky Historical Fantasy About a Boy Learning to Conjure Magic in 1930s Alabama for Children (Ages 10-12)
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0544935616
• ISBN 13: 9780544935617
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: like_new

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Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher was born into a family with a rich tradition of practicing folk magic: hoodoo, as most people call it. But even though his name is Hoodoo, he can't seem to cast a simple spell.        Then a mysterious man called the Stranger comes to town, and Hoodoo starts dreaming of the dead rising from their graves. Even worse, he soon learns the Stranger is looking for a boy. Not just any boy. A boy named Hoodoo. The entire town is at risk from the Stranger’s black magic, and only Hoodoo can defeat him. He’ll just need to learn how to conjure first.        Set amid the swamps, red soil, and sweltering heat of small town Alabama in the 1930s, Hoodoo is infused with a big dose of creepiness leavened with gentle humor.     

About the Author

Ronald L. Smith is the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award–winning author of several novels for young readers, including Hoodoo, The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away, Gloom Town, Project Mercury, and the Black Panther: The Young Prince series. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. To learn more, visit strangeblackflowers.com.