This book presents a quest to find an enchanted bird, from the back streets of London to a dazzling new world...An intriguing and unusual fantasy.Sash hates school, with its menacing teachers and stuck-up students.

His father, Max, a taxidermist, is too busy to notice.

Sash longs for a life of freedom. When he finds a riddle in his father's study, his life is changed for ever as he embarks on a quest to find a mythical bird.

Accompanied by school 'princess' Verity, Sash travels to a faraway land.

His dreams of adventure are about to come true but, as Sash and Verity discover, even paradise has a dark side...