{"product_id":"moko-magic-museum-mayhem-tracey-baptiste-hardcover","title":"Moko Magic: Museum Mayhem -- Tracey Baptiste, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the best-selling author of the Jumbies series comes\u003cbr\u003eanother Afro-Caribbean-inspired story, about three cousins who are called on to use their moko (protector) magic when stolen art goes on the rampage.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwelve-year-old Misty \u003c\/b\u003eand her two cousins, Aidan and Brooke, are mokos--protector spirits--who recently combined their magic to save Brooklyn's carnival celebration. Now they're excited about Uncle Andrew's upcoming art exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. He has chosen to create a piece centered around a Benin Bronze, one of several artworks that were looted from Nigeria in 1897, and the cousins are treated to a private tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to help him choose it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Misty views the bronzes for the first time, she is transported into a long-ago memory of an oba (king) who was stern and angry. And that's just the beginning of the trouble. Once the selected bronze is delivered from the Met, the Brooklyn Museum is overrun with dust bunnies that attack people. A mysterious force controlling the dust begins to pull innocent victims into artworks and trap them inside. The cousins are going to need a lot of help--BIG help--to defeat this fearsome foe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracey Baptiste, the author of the popular Jumbies series, has once again used her special brand of magic to concoct a wildly imaginative adventure as thought-provoking as it is thrilling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tracey Baptiste\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Freedom Fire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781368075374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Ages 9-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracey Baptiste\u003c\/b\u003e (she\/her) was born in Trinidad and lived there for fifteen years before moving to Brooklyn, New York. She is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eMinecraft: The Crash\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the creepy Caribbean-inspired series the Jumbies, which includes \u003ci\u003eThe Jumbies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRise of the Jumbies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Jumbie God's Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e. Tracey has also written the contemporary YA novel \u003ci\u003eAngel's Grace \u003c\/i\u003eand many nonfiction books, including \u003ci\u003eAfrican Icons\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a Best Book of 2021 by the New York Public Library, \u003ci\u003e Kirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Tracey, a former elementary school teacher, is on the faculty at Lesley University's Creative Writing MFA program. She lives in New Jersey. Visit her online at TraceyBaptiste.com and Instagram @TraceyBaptisteWrites.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tracey Baptiste","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46708204404964,"sku":"9781368075374","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781368075374.jpg?v=1756985163","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/moko-magic-museum-mayhem-tracey-baptiste-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}