The Boy, the Bird, and the Coffin Maker

✍ Scribed by Matilda Woods; Anuska Allepuz

• Book ID: 100279417
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group;Philomel Books
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 2 MB
• Edition: First American edition
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 0525515224

✦ Synopsis

Friendship and magical realism sparkle on the page in this heartwarming, delightfully eccentric illustrated middle-grade gem from an extraordinary new literary voice. Perfect for fans of A Snicker of Magic and The Penderwicks.
Alberto lives alone in the town of Allora, where fish fly out of the sea and the houses shine like jewels. He is a coffin maker and widower, spending his quiet days creating the final resting places of Allora's people.
Then one afternoon a magical bird flutters into his garden, and Alberto, lonely inside, welcomes it into his home. And when a kindhearted boy named Tito follows the bird into Alberto's kitchen, a door in the old man's heart cracks open. Tito is lonely too--but he's also scared and searching for a place to hide. Fleeing from danger, he just wants to feel safe for once in his life. Can the boy and the old man learn the power of friendship and escape the shadows of their pasts?
With a tender bond that calls to...