Mr P: Street Pigeon
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Vincent can sympathise with the handsome but common pigeon who can't regain his proper home, for the lad himself had been sent from his beleaguered home to live with a fuss-pot aunt. Boy and bird form a companionship which culminates in the Cabor Pigeon Race, in which Mr P is entered despite the derision of 'proper' pigeon fanciers. In part two the story really takes off (?!) and the pigeon's turbulent flight and gutsy determination carry the book on a far more satisfactory course. There's a bit of 'here's all you need to know about pigeons' about it, but worth a library copy.