Beneath the Whispering Reeds

When the marsh goes silent, one girl discovers that the loudest answers come only to those who wait.

KES 100

CBC tags for this book

Core competencies

Citizenship
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Values

Responsibility

Pertinent and contemporary issues

Environmental Conservation

Language: English

A glimpse inside

Zuri has spent every summer falling asleep to the chorus of the marsh, frogs, weaver birds, rustling papyrus. But one October morning, the music stops. What follows is a journey into patience itself: a story about a girl, her grandfather, and the quiet art of learning to listen when the land has something to say. For readers who love nature, mystery, and characters who discover that the hardest work is sometimes the stillest.

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