HOW NOT  TO BE A KID SHAMAN is a 60,000-word MG horror comedy where CHARMED’s magic and family bond meets the horror and comedy elements from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER for Gen Alphas. ​
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Unlike the 12-year-olds in her class who plan on being Korean pop stars, all Zaya wanted to be was an awesome shaman like her mama. But breaking evil magic spells and getting rid of demonic baby spirits only earned her mama a mysterious death. Since that horrible night, Zaya decides to forsake magic forever and live a long, normal life without the threat of ghosts Zoombombing her.
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But when Mayam, an enslaved jinni, possesses her sister and holds her papa hostage in a hospital, magic becomes the only solution. Since Mayam can manifest a person’s darkest fears in order to drive them to their deaths, Zaya's only chance to save her family is to turn to the legacy her mama left behind.

However, Mayam’s on a mission to reunite with his own family back in the jinn realm and since that requires some human sacrifices for a spell, a scrawny shaman-in-training like Zaya had better not get in his way. He unleashes every nightmarish monstrosity that lives in the darkest corner of her mind from a kid munching monster teddy to mutant plant soldiers to stop her.
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Armed with her mama’s sentient but sassy book of spells and a mouse familiar that’s prone to fainting spells at the most inconvenient times, Zaya must battle her darkest fears and find a way to destroy Mayam. If she fails, she’ll lose the only family she has left.