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Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.

A tale from the French West Indies in which two friends encounter love, zombies, and danger on the island of Martinique.

Describes the daily life of a Caribbean pirate. Includes color illustrations, a glossary, and further resources.

Examines the role of women in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean over the course of more than five centuries, discussing their contributions in the areas of religion, family, law, politics, culture, and labor, and including examples of real-life women.

On a Caribbean island during the colonial period, a governor seeks to find a feat for which he will be remembered. He enlists the help of a carpenter to cut down all of the island's trees and build a tower tall enough to reach the moon.

On a small Caribbean Island, Albert must face middle school, where he is one of the shortest students, without his best friend who just moved away, but he is able to move past the teasing after getting involved in a troupe of Mocko Jumbies--Stiltwalkers--following a tradition brought by African slaves.

"Explores numerous aspects of the zombie phenomenon, from its roots in Haitian folklore, to its evolution on the silver screen, to its most radical transformation during the 1960s countercultural revolution. Contributors examine the zombie and its relationship to colonialism, orientalism, racism, globalism, capitalism and more"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of eight traditional tales from the Caribbean includes "Why Tortoise Doesn't Fly," "Anancy Gets Common Sense," and "Bro Nancy and Bro Death.".

Juli?n Castrodad begins working at Puerto Rico's Motel Tul?n, where they rent rooms by the hour to regular customers such as a controversial union organizer, a drug dealer, and a sultry woman known only as "M," but when one of the motel's guests is found dead, Juli?n discovers a hidden link between the motel's regulars.