In the Ubari Sand Sea in 2011, during the First Libyan Civil War, a mysterious pilot falls from the sky - a sky devil - and is forever changed by the little boy who rescues him.
One year later, in the town of Roseville, Louisiana, in the aftermath of economic crisis and corporate environmental damage, 10-year-old Lenny Lockhart is losing the people and things dearest to him. His only friends now are his plucky, elderly neighbour, Miss Julie, and the town's lonely librarian, Lucy Albert. Homeless and neglected, Lenny heads deep into the dark and unpredictable bayou, determined to conquer the sinkhole that is threatening to swallow his town. As time seems to be simultaneously slowing down and running out, is it really Lenny who needs saving, or the broken adults in his life?
As these two timelines converge, Lenny tells a deeply affecting story of family and love, the ways we can be kind, and the power of one boy's imagination to heal and survive.
| ISBN: | 9781848408241 |
| Publication date: | 18th March 2022 |
| Author: | Laura McVeigh |
| Publisher: | New Island Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 278 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Narrative theme: Social issues Fiction: inspired by or adapted from other media General Fiction |