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Junie

A Novel

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Junie

By: Erin Crosby Eckstine
Narrated by: Angel Pean
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GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • A young girl must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost, navigating truths about love, friendship, and power as the Civil War looms.

“An enrapturing tale of survival . . . Eckstine has poured a ton of heart into her characters.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“The richly textured prose quickly pulled me into [Junie’s] treacherous yet magical world.”—Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake

Sixteen years old and enslaved since she was born, Junie has spent her life on Bellereine Plantation in Alabama, cooking and cleaning alongside her family, and tending to the white master’s daughter, Violet. Her daydreams are filled with poetry and faraway worlds, while she spends her nights secretly roaming through the forest, consumed with grief over the sudden death of her older sister, Minnie.

When wealthy guests arrive from New Orleans, hinting at marriage for Violet and upending Junie’s life, she commits a desperate act—one that rouses Minnie’s spirit from the grave, tethered to this world unless Junie can free her. She enlists the aid of Caleb, the guests’ coachman, and their friendship soon becomes something more. Yet as long-held truths begin to crumble, she realizes Bellereine is harboring dark and horrifying secrets that can no longer be ignored.

With time ticking down, Junie begins to push against the harsh current that has controlled her entire life. As she grapples with an increasingly unfamiliar world in which she has little control, she is forced to ask herself: When we choose love and liberation, what must we leave behind?

©2025 Erin Crosby Eckstine (P)2025 Random House Audio
African American Ghosts Historical Fiction Horror
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Critic reviews

Junie . . . has such a raw beauty that absolutely captivated me. . . . Junie’s quiet strength comes from the stark, uncompromising truth of enslavement, creating a tension that kept me completely immersed in her world. Eckstine crafts a narrative that is both haunting and profoundly moving, and her prose is wildly vivid.”CityBeat (Cincinnati)

“The richly textured prose quickly pulled me into the protagonist’s treacherous yet magical world. I was drawn to the story of Junie, an enslaved teenager with a love of books and nature who must navigate difficult truths about her family and friendships in order to survive her times.”—Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake

“Propulsive and haunting, young Junie takes on the many burdens handed to her while reaching for the hope she wasn’t meant to have. Erin Crosby Eckstine breathes urgency, wit, and resilience into her preternaturally gifted protagonist. Junie is a lush and immersive story about power, reckoning, love, and redemption. . . . A true beauty of a book.”—Diane Marie Brown, author of Black Candle Women

Beautiful Storytelling • Emotional Journey • Wonderful Narration • Unexpected Twists • Historical Authenticity
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Beautifully written with unexpected twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat, then emotional, then excited! lol….. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

LOVE LOVE LOVE….

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I enjoyed the entire book. Narration was perfect. Author’s note at the end was quite interesting.

Excellent!

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What a great story! Wonderful narration and the characters were well developed. You won’t regret this credit.

Seller

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A gripping story. I loved it so much! Some of it was hard to listen to but once I got through those parts I was very happy I stayed til the end. How beautiful!

I love the reader’s voice!

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I loved this book for it's excellent writing style, character development, and storytelling. But mostly I loved the writers commitment to honoring her family history by incorporating their story. Absolutely honorable! Every family should follow a code of conduct that pursues a better way of life for generations to come. The ending, while bittersweet, left me hopeful for Junie's future!

Code of Conduct

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Junie is one of the most powerful and emotionally raw stories I’ve ever read — an extraordinary debut novel. The narrator brought the story to life with remarkable depth, capturing the intensity and vulnerability of the characters.

A Masterpiece

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Amazing work and great story. Love this book a must read. I could not stop listening. I will miss this book

Thank you

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An amazing story, heart wrenching the mid 1800s. It describes life as a slave I could not put this down. I had to listen to it till the end and it brought me to tears again it’s an amazing book.

Junie

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This book was beautifully written and a nice alternative look into the life of a teenage slave girl! Her love for poetry and freedom tugs at your heart!

What an incredible story of curiosity, love, loss & perseverance!

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I really loved this beautiful story. it's a wonderful tribute to history, family legacy, love, loss. junie will stay with me and I will recommend this one!

What a beautiful tribute!

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