Moko Magic: Carnival Chaos

Hardcover Synopsis From the best-selling author of the Jumbies series comes a magic-and-mythology-filled novel for 8–12-year-olds that celebrates Afro-Caribbean culture and Black historyWeirdness and wonders abound in this Afro-Caribbean-inspired action-adventure novel about 3 cousins who discover they are mokos—protector spirits—during carnival season in BrooklynTwelve-year-old Misty and her mother have just moved from Trinidad to Brooklyn, New York, in time for the annual carnival celebrations over Labor Day weekend. Misty has plenty to deal with getting used to living with her cousins Aiden and Brooke in her new surroundings. On top of that, her mom is too busy trying to find a job and her aunts and uncles are too preoccupied with carnival preparations to pay any attention to her. Then really strange things begin to happen. A ball of feathers in the basement turns into a creature that squeaks and rolls around. When Misty and her cousins eat pieces of mango anchar, flames shoot out o