… we will find a new home. A home where we can be safe and begin our story again.” There is no geographic specificity stated, but the journey from western Asia to Europe is implied in an account that includes tense moments of hiding, a secret border crossing, a crowded ferry, and travel by train beneath free-flying birds across many more borders in search of safety—a need that all children can understand. (Ages 5–9)

The initial seaside image is sunny, but darkness reaches out as a young person describes leaving the city along with mother and sibling because of a war that had taken their father. They travel by car, then in the back of other vehicles, and the children even ride in a cart being pulled by the mother on bicycle. It is dark when they come to a border with angry guards. They run, hide, and finally arrange to cross a body of water by boat. After more borders, they are finally on a train, in a place where it is light, with birds... and hope.

Winner of the 2017 Ezra Jack Keats New Author Honor and New Illustrator Honor Awards, Selected as an ALSC Notable Children's Book of 2017, 2017 USBBY Outstanding International Book list, Included in CCBC Choices 2017, A The New York Times Notable Children's Book of 2016, A Wall Street Journal Best Children's Books of 2016, A Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2016, A Kirkus Reviews' Best Picture Books of 2016, A School Library Journal Best Picture Books of 2016, A Guardian Best Children's Books of 2016, A New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2016, An All The Wonders Best Picture Books of 2016, A Let's Talk Picture Books Best Picture Books of 2016, A Chickadee Lit Picture Books to Celebrate Kindness.

Author/illustrator is from Sardinia and lives in Switzerland.

London, U.K.. Originally published in London, U.K. by Flying Eye Books in 2016. Published in the United States by Nowbrow in 2016.