V14: The Iron Heart

By Stefano Blackwood

There are places in this world that exist only because someone loved them into being.
Whiskers' garden was one such place. He was old, and he was lonely, and one autumn evening he built something that looked back at him with two soft green eyes and whispered its very first word.
He called it V14. He called it friend.
Then they took it from him.

Five years later, a drowning boy finds a broken machine in a river. He drags it home. He talks to it gently, as though it matters.

And somewhere deep inside the iron, a green light flickers back on.
Why do things grow?
Because something in them refuses to stay small.

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V14: The Iron Heart is a story about a lonely inventor, a stolen machine, and a fierce eleven-year-old boy who believes broken things can be mended. It is about gardens planted in dark places, friendships that survive the worst, and the stubborn light that lives inside all of us - iron or otherwise.

Perfect for fans of The Wild Robot, The Iron Giant, and Wonder.

Ages 9-12 Middle Grade

"The measure of love is not what it builds, but what it remembers."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GQXMT61F
• ISBN13: 9798250440479
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"