Review: Needs to find its target audience
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 20, 2012
This little story is betwixt and between -- too simple and unscientific for adults, and perhaps too strong for children.Carrier or homing pigeons simply do not choose their home locations and they do not hunt down their owners by flying around until they find them, or scent them out like bloodhounds.  After Henry's owner/handler is kidnapped, Henry is all over the district flying messages back and forth from her in an attempt to save her.  I like the story, but if Henry is going to be a supernatural character, the story should be rewritten for children with Henry being an avian superhero.  And perhaps the gambling and shooting could be handled differently.There were minor grammatical things, the most prominent to me being the use of "drug" as the past tense for "drag" (dragged!).Ultimately, the story is about love and loyalty between the humans and the birds.  That's a great message for children, and I hope to see the story adapted someday.-- Java Davis