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The creepening of Dogwood House / Eden Royce.

Royce, Eden, (author.).

Summary:
The Walter Award Honor winning author of Root Magic returns with a terrifying story in the Southern Gothic tradition, inspired by the hoodoo practice of hair burning. At night, Roddie still dreams of sitting at his mother's feet while she braids his Afro down. But that's a memory from before. Before his mom died in a tragic accident. Before he was taken in by an aunt he barely knows. Before his aunt brought him to Dogwood House, the creepiest place Roddie has ever seen. It was his family's home for over a hundred years. Now the house -- abandoned and rotting, draped in Spanish moss that reminds him too much of hair -- is his home too. Aunt Angie has returned to South Carolina to take care of Roddie and reconnect with their family's hoodoo roots. Roddie, however, can't help but feel lost. His mom had never told him anything about hoodoo, Dogwood House, or their family. And as they set about fixing the house up, Roddie discovers that there is even more his mother never said. Like why she left home when she was seventeen, never to return. Or why she insisted Aunt Angie always wear her hair in locs. Or what she knew of the strange secrets hidden deep within Dogwood House -- secrets that have awoken again, and are reaching out to Roddie ...

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063251403
  • ISBN: 006325140X
  • Physical Description: 257 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12.
Grades 3 - 6.
Subject: Hair > Juvenile fiction.
African American families > Juvenile fiction.
Haunted houses > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers > Death > Juvenile fiction.
Aunts > Juvenile fiction.
Magic > Juvenile fiction.
Hoodoo (Cult) > Juvenile fiction.
Hairdressing of Black people > Juvenile fiction.
Paranormal fiction.
South Carolina > Juvenile fiction.
Grief in children > Juvenile fiction.
Horror stories.
Genre: Paranormal fiction.
Horror fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Bethlehem Main Library jY (Text) 33062009958241 New Juv Middle Reader Available -


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