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Reviewed by: Kris Zuidema - retired school librarian, Standish, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: September 16, 2017

Review

This delightful story is told through the eyes of eleven year old Lauren or "Ren" as he likes to be called. He is a wonderful narrator in this humorous, realistic, and insightful story about friendships and families. Ren's outlook, opinions, and observations ring true. Ren and his parents have moved to the countryside which is not easy on Ren. His best and only friend, Aiden, lives eight miles away now and has started making new friends. One day Ren sees what looks like pigeons falling from the sky. His new neighbor, Sutton, is raising Birmingham Roller pigeons for competition. She is the same age as Ren. They develop a friendship while she teaches him about this unique breed of pigeons. Rens' father thinks that Ren is training for the cross-country team. I highly recommend this enjoyable and easy to read short book to any reader. The pigeon facts at the end complete this excellent first novel by Darcy Miller.

Overall Book Score: excellent