Ato hasnt visited his grandmotheramp8217s house since he was seven. Heamp8217s heard the rumors that sheamp8217s 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 strangelooking drink his grandmother has given him wondering if the rumors are true. Whatamp8217s more thereamp8217s a freshly dug hole in her yard that Ato suspects may be a grave meant for him.Meanwhile at school Ato and his friends have entered a competition to win entry to Nnoma the island bird sanctuary that Atoamp8217s father helped create. But something is poisoning the community garden where their project is housed and Ato sets out to track down the culprit. In doing so he brings his estranged mother and grandmother back together and begins healing the wounds left on the family by his fatheramp8217s death years before.And that hole in the yard It is a 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 Ghanaamp8217s most admired childrenamp8217s book authors.