Bumps in the Night

Bumps in the Night is the middle grade horror debut from USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard, featuring a girl who spends the summer with her grandmother in Trinidad and discovers she comes from a long line of witches.

Thirteen-year-old Darika Lovelace is in big trouble — the kind that results in her being sent off to her grandmother in the Caribbean. She should feel grateful, yet she is filled with anger. Anger at her dad and step-mom for exiling her for an entire summer and anger at her mother who left and never returned.

However, the island isn't how she remembers it. As soon as she steps off the plane, unusual occurrences begin, such as being followed by a baby iguana. She soon encounters a ragtag group of children on her Granny's estate and realises they are not who they appear to be. Tempted by their promise to take her to her long-lost mother, she eagerly agrees.

Darika is pulled into an extraordinary adventure filled with bizarre creatures, a supernatural silk cotton tree, and a mysterious maze. The revelation of her unique magical heritage soon surfaces. As the island's sole hope, she must learn to believe in magic, or everything will be lost.