When Matt turns down a possible career as a vet and goes to work as a clown in an orphanage in Rwanda his leg is blown off by a landmine. Back home his sister anxiously waiting for letters from him, watches Hero, a swallow, prepare for his long flight back to Africa . . . with many dangers ahead.
The reader is engaged in sharing the 3 lives - in a sensitive tale of family, love, loss and determination.
"My daughter got to Michael Morpurgo's 'Dear Olly' before me. 'This is excellent,' she informed me gravely. And it is . . . We both cried buckets . . . " The Times
"…a great and satisfying novel that is never afraid to face the truth." The Herald
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