

Root Magic
Author: Eden Royce
Narrator: Imani Parks
Unabridged: 9 hr 54 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Walden Pond Press
Published: 01/05/2021
Author: Eden Royce
Narrator: Imani Parks
Unabridged: 9 hr 54 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Walden Pond Press
Published: 01/05/2021
Eden Royce is a writer from Charleston, SC, now living in the garden of England. Her debut novel, Root Magic, was a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, an ALA Notable Children's Book, a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award winner, and a Nebula Award Finalist for outstanding children’s literature. She is also a Shirley Jackson Award finalist for her short fiction for adults. You can find her online at edenroyce.com.
Atmospheric and all-round-fantastic, a story of twins who discover family magic in their historical setting of South Carolina in the 1960s. Check out my interview with the author on my YouTube channel about 'Root Magic': [URL not allowed] Jez and Jay are twins who have just lost their Gran......more
Excellent fun! I highly recommend. Bonus for a sensitive depiction of Gullah Geechee culture. Loved it.......more
Reading ROOT MAGIC was such a joy — can I give it more than five stars? The protagonist, 11-year old Jezebel Turner, is a mighty and memorable middle grade heroine. Set in South Carolina in 1963, the story follows Jezebel as she begins to study rootwork, a tradition passed down from her Gullah ances......more
Root Magic is set in 1963 and follows young Jezebel Turner who is turning 11 and entering sixth grade. While her twin brother Jay has no problems making friends that's not the case for Jez. Her peers who often ostracize her because of her family's connection to root work leaving her to feel inferior......more
When I was a kid, one of my favorite novels was Virginia Hamilton’s The House of Dies Drear. I don’t think I really realized at the time what a novel thing it was. Today, kids would not be particularly shocked to encounter a book that combined the long arm of slavery to the present day alongside a......more