In this tale of a young boy, an old man, and a dauntless pigeon, a
lyrical text and extraordinary illustrations offer a gorgeous meditation
on loneliness, belonging, and home.
A young Italian boy has moved to the Welsh hills with his family. He
feels isolated and unhappy, a stranger in a strange land. It is only
when he makes an unlikely friend, an old man who lets him fly one of his
pigeons in a race, that he learns how he can belong. Nicola Davies's
beautiful story -- an immigrant's tale with powerful resonance in our
troubled times -- is illustrated by an artist who makes the world anew
with every picture.