The Go-Away Bird

By Warren FitzGerald

A powerful, heart-wrenching story of friendship and love

'This is a story about me, Clementine, and my friends: a panther called Levi, a pelican called Lola and a turtle called Jimmy. It is about dragons and goblins, my Daddy the King, my Mummy the Queen and Prince Pio my brother. At least that is the way I tell it sometimes when thoughts of the blood, the machetes, the swamp and the fear of Uncle Leonard become too hard to describe.

But that was all before I met Ashley, wonderful Ashley. Not that he would ever call himself wonderful in a million years. When he tells you his story you will see what I mean...'

Ashley Bolt - A middle-aged, loner for whom teaching singing is the only escape from his London life. In an attempt to forget a violent past he turns to self-harming but this provides little comfort.

Clementine Habimana - A Rwandan child refugee who witnesses the 1994 genocide at first-hand and lives to tell her story. Delivered into the hands of an abusive uncle in the UK, Clementine remains undeterred in her hope for a brighter future.

When their two worlds collide, nothing is ever the same again...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007317387
• ISBN13: 9780007317387
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Borough Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher