Bayou Magic

By Jewell Parker Rhodes,

Book cover of Bayou Magic

Book description

If only Maddy can see the mermaid, can it be real?

It's Maddy's turn to have a bayou summer. At first she misses life back home in the city, but soon she grows to love everything about her new surroundings -- the glimmering fireflies, the glorious landscape, and something else,…

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked Bayou Magic as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Maddy is a city kid spending her first summer alone at her Grandmère’s house on the bayou in Louisiana. Her grandmother is a little bit strange, but she and Maddy get along perfectly and can even read each other’s minds. At Grandmère’s side, Maddy learns to cook, to care for her chickens, to make healing potions, study the weather and tides, but she also learns not to stare, not to mumble, not to be quick to judge. And when an environmental and emotional disaster occurs, Maddy is called on to lead and to heal all on her own. Her triumph…

From Elizabeth's list on girls with the skills to survive.

Want books like Bayou Magic?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 83 books like Bayou Magic.

Browse books like Bayou Magic

Book cover of Island of the Blue Dolphins
Book cover of The Boxcar Children
Book cover of Prairie Lotus

Share your top 3 reads of 2024!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,187

readers submitted
so far, will you?

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in Louisiana, African Americans, and magic-supernatural?

Louisiana 118 books
African Americans 808 books
Magic-Supernatural 660 books