The boy, the bird & the coffin maker

By Matilda Woods

Subjects: Boys, Birds, Carpenters, Young adult fiction, Boys, fiction, Runaway children, Loneliness, Friendship, fiction, Runaways, fiction, Birds, fiction, Fantasy fiction, Magic, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Loneliness, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Older men, Loss (Psychology), Friendship, Carpentry, fiction

Description: 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.