Mr P: Street Pigeon

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.