Middle grade fantasy historical fiction featuring African-American main characters.

Winna is a firm believer of magic.
When staying with her grandparents while her mother is in the hospital, Winna's little sister, Tupelo, breaks her glasses. Winna is given a part of replacement glasses which just happened to magical glasses.

I was a bit confused as to some of the details. I believe this takes place in the early 1960s, but I fear wasn't clear to me exactly which state it took place. Vandalia? And the spectacles: Winna's grandfather, who had expertise in "Woodoo", gave her the glasses, but they belonged to Winna's grandmother's sister, Estelle, and the family curse was on Winna's grandmother's family?

There are some difficult topic in this: divorce, parental illness, bullying, racism, colorism and a deadly curse!

I like the fantasy bent. The resolution was somewhat satisfying; Don't want to give it away, but even with a fantasy bent, some practical aspects were far-fetched. ( )

This was a fantastic, middle grade fantasy novel. I love that Winna cares so much about her family and wants to try and lift the family curse. The glasses that she gets from her grandfather were so interesting, I wish that items passed through families had the ability to show us more about our past. Looking forward to reading more books from Nisi Shawl in the future. ( )