Ebook {Epub PDF} Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith

Ronald L. Smith fell in love with books at a very young age and hasn't stopped reading since. Hoodoo is his debut novel. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. To learn more, please visit: www.doorway.ru().  · by Ronald L. Smith ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, A sinister stranger stalks young Hoodoo Hatcher in rural s Alabama. Hoodoo has already lived a life shadowed by tragedy; his mother died at his birth, and his father, a “powerful mojo man,” left town and “came to a bad end.”.  · Smith debuts with a supernatural coming-of-age story set in a s Alabama town. Twelve-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher was born into a magical family, but he has no knack for folk magic himself. His father was "a powerful mojo man" who allegedly met Brand: HMH Books.

Smith, Ronald L. Hoodoo. Clarion, [p] ISBN $ Reviewed from galleys R Gr. Despite his name, twelve-year-old Hoodoo has never been able to conjure like the rest of his family members, who, by the s, have been practicing folk magic for decades. What makes Hoodoo work so well is its setting. We are obviously in the south and it is sometime after The southern racist social structure is part and parcel of daily life: "'It's Colored Folks' Day at the County fair,' she said. so we will be seeing more of Ronald L. Smith, if you didn't know. A boy named Hoodoo. The entire town is at risk from the Stranger's black magic, and only Hoodoo can defeat him. He'll just need to learn how to conjure first. Set amid the swamps, red soil, and sweltering heat of small town Alabama in the s, Hoodoo is infused with a big dose of creepiness leavened.

Start studying Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Twelve-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher was born into a family with a rich tradition of practicing folk magic: hoodoo, as most people call it. But even though his name is Hoodoo, he can't seem to cast a simple spell. Then a mysterious man called the Stranger comes to town, and Hoodoo starts dreaming of the dead rising from their graves. Even worse, he soon learns the Stranger is looking for a boy. Not. Ronald L. Smith is the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning author of Hoodoo, The Mesmerist, The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away, Gloom Town, Where the Black Flowers Bloom, and Black Panther: The Young Prince.