02130cam a2200409 i 4500 605978044 TxAuBib 20220926120000.0 140808s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014029152 9780316364560 0316364568 9780316224857 paperback $7.99 0316224855 paperback $7.99 (OCoLC)886381687 TxAuBib rda Rhodes, Jewell Parker, author. Bayou magic [Print] / Jewell Parker Rhodes. First edition. Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2015. 239 pages : map ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The Louisiana Girls Trilogy ; 3 A magical coming-of-age story from Coretta Scott King honor author Jewell Parker Rhodes, rich with Southern folklore, friendship, family, fireflies and mermaids, plus an environmental twist. It's city-girl Maddy's first summer in the bayou, and she just falls in love with her new surroundings - the glimmering fireflies, the glorious landscape, and something else, deep within the water, that only she can see. Could it be a mermaid? As her grandmother shares wisdom about sayings and signs, Maddy realizes she may be the only sibling to carry on her family's magical legacy. And when a disastrous oil leak threatens the bayou, she knows she may also be the only one who can help. Does she have what it takes to be a hero? Jewell Parker Rhodes weaves a rich tale celebrating the magic within. 20220926. Bayous Juvenile fiction. Magic Juvenile fiction. Grandmothers Juvenile fiction. African American girls Fiction. African Americans Juvenile fiction. African American families Juvenile fiction. Louisiana Juvenile fiction. The Louisiana Girls Trilogy ; 3. TXTLL