Book description
Ten-year-old Benedict is feeling happy. His family's new home in
Swaziland has the most beautiful garden in the whole entire world,
teeming with insects, frogs and his favourite cinnamon-coloured birds.
Here, crouched in the cool shade of the lucky-bean tree, it's easy to
forget the loneliness that comes from his siblings playing without
him, easy to stop himself fretting about how to fix his Mama's failing
cake-baking business. Of course, there are many things in Africa that
cannot be put right by a boy who isn't yet big. But in Benedict's
wonder-filled world, even the ugliest situation has a certain magic.
Warm, funny and brimming with life, Where Hoopoes Go to Heaven paints
a fresh and compelling picture of life in Swaziland that will capture
your imagination and restore your faith in humanity.
