Island Witch

"Every once in a while, a book comes along that drops you into another world and takes you places you never could imagine. This is that book. An astounding accomplishment!"
&mdash;R. L. Stine, author of <Goosebumps<

Set in nineteenth-century Sri Lanka and inspired by local folklore, <Island Witch< follows the daughter of a traditional demon-priest&mdash;relentlessly bullied by peers and accused of witchcraft herself&mdash;tries to solve the mysterious attacks that have been terrorizing her coastal village.

Being the daughter of the village Capuwa, or demon-priest, Amara is used to keeping mostly to herself. Influenced by the new religious practices brought in by the British Colonizers, the villagers who once&#160;respected her father&rsquo;s craft have turned on the family. Yet, they all still seem to call on him whenever supernatural disturbances arise.

Now someone&mdash;or <something<&mdash;is viciously seizing upon men in the jungle. But instead of enlisting Amara&rsquo;s father&rsquo;s help, the villages have accused him of carrying out the attacks himself.

As she tries to clear her father&rsquo;s name, Amara finds herself haunted by dreams that eerily predict the dark forces on her island. And she can&rsquo;t shake the feeling that it&rsquo;s all connected to the night she was recovering from a strange illness, and woke up, scared and confused, to hear her mother&rsquo;s frantic cries: <No one can find out what happened<.

Auteur

Amanda Jayatissa