Marti Dumas – Cannonball Read 17

I feel like there’s a Tracy Chapman song in there somewhere

Wildseed Witch by Marti Dumas

May 12, 2022 by katie71483 4 Comments

I feel like Tracy Chapman could read Wildseed Magic by Marti Dumas and find a song or five to write about. This is an absolutely lovely novel aimed at tweens ages 10-14. It is literally about Black Girl Magic. For a novel that could very easily be compared in many ways with Harry Potter, I would recommend this one any day of the week over that series. It has a multitude of themes and all of them are handled with a deft touch. It centers […]

Somebody Should Have Told The Hawk That Dragons Breath Fire

July 11, 2018 by Emmalita 2 Comments

Marti Dumas is the friend of my friend and fellow Cannonballer, Katie. I recognized her name as I was browsing through Scribd’s selection of audiobooks. Warning, this book made me ugly cry, but I can assure you that no dragons die in this book. Jackie is 10. She has 5 brothers that she calls the Js, even though one of them is Sam, and she herself is a J. She lives with her brothers and parents in New Orleans. Jackie is used to being in […]

In which I realize how well a mother knows her child(ren)

April 22, 2015 by katie71483 Leave a Comment

I feel like I should warn you upfront: Marti Dumas, the author of the delightful Jala and the Wolves, was a bosom bow of my childhood. We met in fifth grade when we were assigned desks next to each other at a public school in New Orleans, and immediately recognized each other as kindred spirits. We shared a love of books, making fortune tellers or swans out of folded paper, and giggling over terrible movies when we’d spend the night at each other’s homes. We […]

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