Bumps in the Night

Written by Amalie Howard

Narrated by Yasmin Mwanza

The creepy middle grade debut from USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard in which a girl stays with her grandmother in Trinidad for the summer and discovers that she comes from a long line of powerful witches.

"Filled with wonder, chills, excitement, and adventure. Fantastic fun from start to finish!" —Sarah Beth Durst, award-winning author of SPARK

* "This beguiling read is one to savor." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Darika “Rika” Lovelace is in trouble. The kind of trouble that sends her to her grandmother’s estate in Trinidad for the whole summer. But something about the island feels…different. As soon as she steps off the plane, strange things start happening!

Rika meets a group of kids called Minders, who seem to have elemental powers. Even worse, she can sense jumbies lurking in the shadows. Needless to say, she wants a ticket home. But when the Minders let slip that her long-lost mom is in danger, she knows she can’t leave.

Thrust into a magical adventure involving bloodcurdling monsters, a supernatural silk cotton tree, and an endless maze, Rika must defeat the fearsome jumbie king to save her family and new friends. But unless she learns to believe in herself, she’ll never beat him or escape his twisted maze.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
• Release date: Feb 20, 2024
• ISBN: 9780593795620

Amalie Howard

Amalie Howard is a USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling romance author. She is also the author of several award-winning young adult novels. Her books have been featured in The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, and Seventeen Magazine. When she’s not writing, she can usually be found reading, being the president of her one-woman Harley Davidson motorcycle club, or power-napping. She lives in Colorado with her family.

Reviews for Bumps in the Night

[madison_fairbanks · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Bumps in the Road by Amalie Howard
Middle grade paranormal horror.
Thirteen-year-old Darika Lovelace is sent to stay with her Grandmother in Trinidad for the summer. Darika is angry at her father and step-mom for sending her away for the summer. She is also mad at her mom who left her and never came back.
The Caribbean is different from what Darika remembers in an unexpected way including a baby iguana stalking her, a supernatural silk cotton tree, a mysterious maze, and impossibly, her mother appearing briefly through the magic. Apparently Darika has magic in her soul and she needs to save the island this summer.

Light horror and age appropriate adventure. Magic, folklore, skittles and a couple of life lessons.