Flying Up the Mountain

Ato and friends return in this moving and rousing followup to Crossing the Stream.  Ato is finally going to Nnoma, the bird paradise his latefather helped to build. But when he visits Nana to say goodbye, he overhearsher talking on the phone about something hidden on Nnoma. Bursting withcuriosity, Ato tries to find out more but Nana stays tight-lipped. Could ithave something to do with the letter his father wrote him as a baby, the onethat speaks of ‘enemy storms gathering’? Ato and his best friends Dzifa and Leslie arrive at Nnomawhere they meet Eyra, the mysterious owner of the island, and Hafsat, asad-eyed girl who has also lost her father. They learn that they will becompeting against other children to become an Asafo – an ambassador of Nnomaand a defender of the Earth – and taking on a series of missions to provethemselves. But Ato has a mission of his own – to uncover the secret ofwhat is hidden on Nnoma, and protect his father’s dream.