Voodoo in New Orleans

by Stephen Person

Book Overview

Marie Laveau was known as the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. In the mid-1800s, many people in New Orleans believed that voodoo practitioners could contact the spirits of the dead to ask for their help. Marie Laveau was said to use magical charms and potions to place or remove curses on those she wished to help--or harm Did this voodoo priestess really have the power to contact the spirit world and cast spells? An exciting narrative format brings a...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1936087995
• ISBN13: 9781936087990
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Bearport Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.2" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8