"Twelve-year-old Darika 'Rika' Lovelace is in trouble. The kind of trouble that sends her to her grandmother’s boring estate in Trinidad for the summer. This time, though, the island feels…different. As soon as she steps off the plane, strange things start happening, like being stalked by an iguana! Then Rika meets a group of kids called Minders, who seem to have elemental powers. Even worse, creepy jumbies are lurking in the shadows. Needless to say, she wants a one-way ticket home--until the Minders let slip that her long-lost mom is in danger. She knows she can’t leave now. Thrust into an 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"-- Dust jacket flap.
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