The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste

Scary (but not too scary) fun, this book shows that not everything is as it seems. It all starts when two boys tie a necklace to a wild animal. Corinne La Mer doesn’t believe in the Jumbies, monsters that live in the forest, most people on the island believe in them, and for good reason. The Jumbies are real, and they want their island back. When Corinne meets Dru, she earns a good friend, three actually, she also befriends the very boys who started all this. A beautiful lady appears in the market one day, no one knows what to make of her. But when she shows up at Corinne’s house, things get bad. You have to read it! It’s really good!