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Bayou Magic
Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Description for Bayou Magic
Paperback. A magical coming-of-age story from Coretta Scott King honor author Jewell Parker Rhodes, rich with Southern folklore, friendship, family, fireflies and mermaids, with an environmental twist -- now in paperback! Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 134 x 194 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
If only Maddy can see the mermaid, can it be real? It's Maddy's turn to have a bayou summer. At first she misses life back home in the city, but soon she grows to love everything about her new surroundings -- the glimmering fireflies, the glorious landscape, and something else, deep within the water, that only Maddy sees. Could it be a mermaid? As her grandmother shares wisdom about sayings and signs, Maddy realizes she may be the only sibling to carry on her family's magical legacy. And when a disastrous oil leak threatens the bayou, she ... Read more
If only Maddy can see the mermaid, can it be real? It's Maddy's turn to have a bayou summer. At first she misses life back home in the city, but soon she grows to love everything about her new surroundings -- the glimmering fireflies, the glorious landscape, and something else, deep within the water, that only Maddy sees. Could it be a mermaid? As her grandmother shares wisdom about sayings and signs, Maddy realizes she may be the only sibling to carry on her family's magical legacy. And when a disastrous oil leak threatens the bayou, she ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
225g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780316224857
SKU
V9780316224857
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Jewell Parker Rhodes
Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author of Ninth Ward, a Coretta Scott King honor book, and Sugar, winner of the Jane Adams Peace Association book award. She has also written many award-winning books for adults. Jewell lives with her family in Arizona.
Reviews for Bayou Magic
Readers will be easily drawn into Rhodes's (Sugar) heady descriptions, and as environmental disaster threatens the landscape Maddy has come to love, her heroism shines as she protects the community and recognizes her own strength.
Publishers Weekly Maddy is a brave and hopeful heroine, and the descriptions of the bayou are almost as magical as her legacy. ... Read more
Publishers Weekly Maddy is a brave and hopeful heroine, and the descriptions of the bayou are almost as magical as her legacy. ... Read more