Shaka and Mazi

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Shaka and Mazi

Illustrated by Heather Jenkins

Written by Zulaikhah Agoro

Designed by Natalie Pierre-Eugene

Edited by Carla Lever

with the help of the Book Dash participants in Virtual Book Dash on 15 May 2021.

ISBN: 978-1-77623-163-8

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Shaka and Mazi

Shaka has a new friend

that only he can see.

“His name is Mazi” he tells Mama.

...but whenever Mama comes to

Shaka’s room, Mazi runs and hides.

Mazi likes to laugh.

He makes Shaka laugh too!

They roll in the grass

and build castles in the sand.

“Can Mazi eat with us?”

Shaka asks Papa at dinner.

But when Papa looks up,

Mazi hides behind the curtains.

One day, Mama tells Shaka,

“Papa has a new job.

We are moving to another town.”

“Can Mazi come?”

Shaka asks Mama.

“Ask him.” Mama says.

But Shaka can’t see Mazi anywhere.

The next afternoon,

the big truck comes.

Soon, the house is empty.

But Shaka can’t leave.

Where has Mazi gone?

Is Mazi in the garden?

Has he jumped over the fence?

“Maybe Mazi’s Papa got a new job too,”

Mama says.

“He might also have moved away.”

When Shaka gets to the new house,

there is a boy next door.

“My name is Matty,”

says the boy with a smile.

“Sometimes we miss old friends,”

Mama says.

“But there is always room in our hearts

for new ones!”