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Pigeon Summer

UK Publisher: Walker

It is 1930, the height of the Great Depression. Mary Dyer’s father has left home in search of work, leaving his beloved racing pigeons in Mary’s care – much to her mother’s disapproval. During that long, hard summer there is barely enough money for bread, let alone pigeon feed, yet Mary clings to her dreams of racing glory, propelling her into ever deeper conflict with her mother.

Ann Turnbull has been writing children's fiction since 1974. Her particular interests are history and fairy tales, but her work...