The creepening of Dogwood House / Eden Royce.
"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..."-- Provided by Publisher
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]
- Copyright: ©2024.
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | Ages 8-12. Grades 3 - 6. |
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Subject: | African American families > Juvenile fiction. Haunted houses > Juvenile fiction. Mothers > Death > Juvenile fiction. Hoodoo (Cult) > Juvenile fiction. Ghosts > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Paranormal fiction. Horror fiction. |
Available copies
- 8 of 19 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 19 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Statesville Main Library | J ROYCE (Text) | 33114018831222 | Juvenile New Fiction | Available | - |
Enka-Candler Library | J ROY (Text) | 0020660366665 | Juvenile New Fiction | In process | - |
Gibsonville Public Library | J Royce (Text) | 30449060006551 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Green River Branch | HCPL1737796 (Text) | HCPL1737795 | Juvenile Fiction | On order | - |
Harnett County Main Library | J F Roy (Text) | 33630005403535 | Juvenile Fiction | Checked out | 09/13/2024 |
Henderson Main Branch | HCPL1737796 (Text) | HCPL1737794 | Juvenile Fiction | On order | - |
Hot Springs Library | J FIC ROY (Text) | 30229101350832 | Juvenile New Fiction | Available | - |
Hudson (Caldwell) | J ROYCE Eden (Text) | 50669013239539 | Juvenile New Fiction | Available | - |
Leicester Library | J ROY (Text) | 0020660366673 | Juvenile New Fiction | In process | - |
Lenoir Library | J ROYCE Eden (Text) | 50669013239588 | Juvenile New Fiction | Available | - |