Bad Mojo

Bobby Thompson wants to be cursed. And not your everyday, mad-at-your-neighbor jinx, but a big, fat, hairy curse. The kind of curse that will explain away all the bad in his life. When Flyn, his foster home friend, does a tarot card reading, she dubs him hoodoo cursed, and claims the only one capable of breaking it is her voodoo priestess aunt. But her aunt lives in New Orleans, four states away, and Bobby can't bear to leave his unconscious mom behind.

Unfortunately, Bobby's curse puts everyone around him in jeopardy. Old Mrs. Reed dies when he touches her, the neighborhood bully lands in the ER, his foster mom could lose her license, and that fire he accidentally starts . . . He has no choice. He has to go to New Orleans.

Even with friends, the journey will be tough, especially when the police are looking for them, but Bobby knows a busted curse will mean his mom will wake up from her coma and all the wrong in his life will right itself. The funny thing about curses though, is sometimes they don't want to be broken, and New Orleans at the end of August 2005 is no place for three kids on the run.

A twelve-year-old boy, convinced he's cursed, flees his foster home in Illinois to find a voodoo priestess in New Orleans and runs into the arms of Hurricane Katrina instead.

Lexile(R) measure 620L, Grades 5-7

Author: Eva Blackstone
Publisher: Mollusc Bay Books
Published: 09/30/2015
Pages: 268
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780990380191

About the Author
Blackstone, Eva: - Eva Blackstone has always been fascinated by language and storytelling. She was eleven when she won her first poetry contest and has been writing poetry, short stories, and full-length novels ever since. The power of friendship is a common theme in all of her work. She has lived all over the U.S., traveled all over the world, and currently lives in the Midwest with her husband, three human children, and two furry children.Powell, Kat: - Kat Powell has been an artist since she was twelve years old and has been working as a professional artist since 2008. She earned a BFA in Studio Art with an emphasis in painting/drawing from Texas Tech University in 2010. She has shown her artwork in New York and Texas galleries and towards the end of college she began her career as an illustrator.