Twelve-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher was born into a family with a rich
tradition of practicing folk magic: hoodoo, as most people call it. But
even though his name is Hoodoo, he can't seem to cast a simple spell.
Then a mysterious man called the Stranger comes to town, and Hoodoo
starts dreaming of the dead rising from their graves. Even worse, he
soon learns the Stranger is looking for a boy. Not just any boy. A boy
named Hoodoo. The entire town is at risk from the Stranger's black
magic, and only Hoodoo can defeat him. He'll just need to learn how to
conjure first. Set amid the swamps, red soil, and sweltering heat of
small town Alabama in the 1930s, Hoodoo is infused with a big dose of
creepiness leavened with gentle humor.