Voodoo Island

Michael Duckworth

Oxford Bookworms LibraryLevel 2

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Michael Duckworth.

Mr James Conway wants to make money. He wants to build new houses and shops – and he wants to build them on an old graveyard, on the island of Haiti.

There is only one old man who still visits the graveyard; and Mr Conway is not afraid of one old man.

But the old man has friends – friends in the graveyard, friends who lie dead, under the ground. And when Mr Conway starts to build his houses, he makes the terrible mistake of disturbing the sleep of the dead…

MICHAEL DUCKWORTH

Voodoo Island

VOODOO ISLAND

Haiti is an island where people do not always die – they only sleep. Voodoo can bring dead people back to life. Voodoo can speak to the spirits of all things, alive or dead. Voodoo is the magic of Haiti. There are still people, today, who use voodoo magic to speak to the dead. Or perhaps you don’t believe in magic … ?

This is a story about the fight between the old world and the new world. James Conway wants to bring the new world to Haiti. He wants to build new houses, shops, and hotels. Most of all, he wants to make money. Kee is an old man who understands and loves the old world. Kee has very little money; he is not an �important’ person in the new world. But Kee understands people. Kee understands James Conway better than James Conway understands himself. And Kee understands voodoo.

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