Conjure Island

De: Eden Royce

Narrado por: Bahni Turpin

From the award-winning author of Root Magic comes the story of a girl forced to spend the summer with a great-grandmother she’s never met—only to discover she runs a school for Southern conjure magic.

If you ask Delphinia Baker, she’d tell you she has all the family she needs. Sure, her mom passed away when she was young, her dad is often away on deployment, but even though Del has never had anyone she can call her people, she has always had her grandmother—and that’s enough. Besides, having no roots just makes it that much easier when you have to move again.

All of that changes, though, when Gramma falls ill and Del is sent to stay with her great-grandmother. Del has never even heard of Nana Rose, and she has no interest in spending the summer on an unbearably hot island off the South Carolina coast. And when Nana Rose starts talking about the school she runs dedicated to their family’s traditions—something called “conjure magic”—Del knows she’s in for a weird, awkward summer.

That is, until the magic turns out to be real.

Soon, Del is surrounded by teachers who call themselves witches, kids with strange abilities, creatures and ghosts who can speak to her. She has a hundred questions, but one more than any other: Why didn’t Gramma ever tell her about her family, the island, this magic? As Del sets out to find her place in a world she never knew existed, she also discovers a shadowy presence on the island—and comes to believe that it all might be connected.

©2023 Eden Royce (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers

the singing

I like the story. for a moment I thought something else was going to happen, but I'm glad about the ending.

Great story for all ages

I love the story, and the narrator was excellent! This is definitely a tween book with valuable themes around self-worth and cultural histories. That being said, I’m 31 and I still enjoyed the book.

Writing and subject are MAGIC!

I know this is listed as childerns fiction, but it caught and held my attention from start to finish. I wanted more of this delightful and enlightening story.
Well done Ms Royce, well done!

Family history

This story touched my heart because for Black people in the US who don't know their history, these stories explain so much. Thank you