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Stormwitch

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By Susan Vaught
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing - (Bloomsbury Children)
Stormwitch
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It is 1969, and Ruba has just moved to Mississippi from Haiti to live with her Grandmother Jones. This world is very different from her old life, where she spent days beachcombing with Ba, her maternal grandmother, and learning the lore of magic and history that she holds close. But magic isnt welcome in her new grandmothers house. Ruba struggles to understand her strange surroundings and the hate that comes at her from some of the white people in town. It isnt long before Ruba finds herself threatened by the KKK and drawn into the fight for civil rights. But a hurricane barreling toward the coast changes everything, bringing Ruba and her family a measure of justice and a new acceptance.

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39415 words39,415 words
200 pages200 pages
Lexile 720LLexile 720L
Grade 7 to H+Grade 7 to H+
Age 12-18Age 12-18
Published 2005Published 2005

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9781582349527

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