{"id":720,"date":"2024-02-18T00:48:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T00:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethirenebaitie.com\/?page_id=720"},"modified":"2024-05-14T15:57:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:57:08","slug":"crossing-the-stream-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elizabethirenebaitie.com\/?page_id=720","title":{"rendered":"Crossing the Stream"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"720\" class=\"elementor elementor-720\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1bad5d50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1bad5d50\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38fb103\" data-id=\"38fb103\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62db8131 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62db8131\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"458\" class=\"wp-image-644\" src=\"https:\/\/elizabethirenebaitie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9781324017097.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elizabethirenebaitie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9781324017097.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elizabethirenebaitie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9781324017097-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-13e68047\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns has-1-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-equal-layout has-default-gap has-vertical-unset\">\n<div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-9bbfb439\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<p>Ato hasn\u2019t visited his grandmother\u2019s house since he was seven. He\u2019s heard the rumors that she\u2019s a witch, and his mother has told him he must never sit on the old couch on her porch. Now here he is, on that exact couch, with a strange-looking drink his grandmother has given him, wondering if the rumors are true. What\u2019s more, there\u2019s a freshly dug hole in her yard that Ato suspects may be a grave meant for him.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile at school, Ato and his friends have entered a competition to win entry to Nnoma, the island bird sanctuary created by Ato\u2019s father. But something is poisoning the community garden where their project is housed, and Ato sets out to track down the culprit.\u00a0In doing so, he brings his estranged mother and grandmother back together, and begins healing the wounds left on the family by his father\u2019s death years before.<\/p>\n<p>And that hole in the yard? It\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0a grave, but not for the purpose Ato feared, and its use brings a tender, celebratory ending to this deeply felt and universal story of healing and love from one of Ghana\u2019s most admired children\u2019s book authors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:themeisle-blocks\/advanced-columns --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d27bc7 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d27bc7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d934446\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-xs\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">To buy My Books:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3aa65bc\" data-id=\"3aa65bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1435\" aria-expanded=\"false\">PUBLISHERS WEEKLY<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1431\" aria-expanded=\"false\">BOOKLIST<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1431\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1431\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p>&#8220;A middle-grade must read.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1432\" aria-expanded=\"false\">KIRKUS REVIEWS (STARRED REVIEW)<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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The well-developed sense of place and natural dialogue create an immersive reading experience, and Ato and his friends, especially fearless Dzifa, are engaging as they discover the courage to push for truth. A powerful coming-of-age story of self-discovery and overcoming fear.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1433\" aria-expanded=\"false\">PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1433\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1433\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>&#8220;Baitie offers a fully fleshed, sensorially detailed narrative exploring regret and the manipulation of fears through the lens of children\u2019s curiosity in her absorbing latest.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1434\" aria-expanded=\"false\">AFRICAN ACCESS<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1434\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1434\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>I highly recommend this excellent novel, which reflects a specific location and culture but also contains universal appeal.<br \/>Reviewed by Barbara A. 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