Author:
Howard, Amalie.
Note:Darika Rika Lovelace is in trouble. The kind of trouble that sends her to her grandmothers estate in Trinidad for the whole summer. But something about the island feelsŒdifferent. As soon as she steps off the plane, strange things start happening! Rika meets a group of kids called Minders, who seem to have elemental powers. Even worse, she can sense jumbies lurking in the shadows. Needless to say, she wants a ticket home. But when the Minders let slip that her long-lost mom is in danger, she knows she cant leave. Thrust into a magical adventure involving bloodcurdling monsters, a supernatural silk cotton tree, and an endless maze, Rika must defeat the fearsome jumbie king to save her family and new friends. But unless she learns to believe in herself, shell never beat him or escape his twisted maze.
