Nightmare Island (Scholastic Press), the latest children’s book by Barbadian Shakirah Bourne — a finalist for the 2018 CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature — draws on Caribbean mythology to create a thrilling story about family bonds. When her younger brother is taken away for treatment on mysterious Duppy Island, and a haunting silver butterfly from her dreams turns up in the waking world, twelve-year-old Serenity realises something is amiss. It’s up to her to figure out the secrets of Duppy Island, and try to save her beloved sibling.