Freedom Fire: Moko Magic: Carnival Chaos

When Misty moved from Trinidad to Brooklyn, she wasn’t expecting to discover that she’s a moko jumbie spirit, that she and her cousins all have magic, and that there’s a plot to capture magical power during the annual West Indian Labor Day parade.

Tracey Baptiste (she/her) was born in Trinidad and lived there for fifteen years before moving to Brooklyn, New York. She is the New York Times best-selling author of Minecraft: The Crash, as well as the creepy Caribbean-inspired series the Jumbies, which includes The Jumbies, Rise of the Jumbies, and The Jumbie God’s Revenge. Tracey has also written the contemporary YA novel Angel’s Grace and many nonfiction books, including African Icons, which wasnamed a Best Book of 2021 by the New York Public Library, Kirkus, and School Library Journal. Tracey, a former elementary school teacher, is on the faculty at Lesley University’s Creative Writing MFA program. She lives in New Jersey. Visit her online at TraceyBaptiste.com and Instagram @TraceyBaptisteWrites.