Stormwitch

Description:

In Pass Christian, Mississippi in 1969, sixteen-year-old Ruba, trained by her Haitian grandmother in both voodoo and Amazonian warrior tactics, uses her skills to fight against racism and the African witch Zashar, now coming ashore in the form of Hurricane Camille.

subjects: Haitian Americans,  Racism,  Fiction,  Civil rights movements,  Hurricane Camille, 1969,  Hurricanes,  Voodooism,  African Americans,  History,  Reading Level-Grade 7,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 8,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  Vodou

Places: Pass Christian (Miss.)

Times: 1969-