

Yet Maddy’s adventure-seeking nature is drawn to the intrigue.

Her siblings have warned of her grandmother’s weirdness and the spookiness of the setting. When Grandmère’s latest letter arrives with Maddy’s name scrawled across it, the 10-year-old gets the shivers. Each summer a note arrives requesting that one of the sisters come and visit their grandmother at her remote cottage in the bayou. Madison Isabelle Lavalier Johnson lives in New Orleans with her mother, father and four older sisters. Infused with a whimsical sense of adventure, Rhodes’ latest draws life from the mystical aura of the Louisiana bayou, braiding it with threads of environmental consciousness.
