Isla & Kayiman Woods
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Years after her mother's passing, a depressed and lost Isla Jean-Baptiste seeks to connect to her mother through her Haitian heritage. But her research of her mother's cultural roots leads to more than she expected and ignites a hidden world of magic and secrets.
She and her friends - Iris, Claire, Fred, Jonas and Ronald (with the help of their librarian) must navigate an entirely new (and slightly dangerous..) world of magic, mysterious portals, and forbidden knowledge to uncover the truth about their family's past and her school's dark legacy that all tie back to the infamous Bwa Kayiman ceremony.
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