Pigeon summer
By: Ann Turnbull
Series: Friends and foes -- 1
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9781406352498
Subjects: Social conditions; Juvenile fiction; Homing pigeons; Depressions
Description: Mary's father has left home in search of work; her mother is struggling to feed a hungry family. But Mary's thought turn increasingly from present troubles to distant dreams, carried on the wings of Speedwell, her father's racing pigeon, bound for France and - just maybe - for racing glory.
Notes: Originally published: 1992.