Shortlisted for The Little Rebels Children’s Book Award 2024.This is the story of a young boy and his mother, as they make a long and difficult journey over land and sea in search of safety. As they travel in a boat, the little boy reflects back over their journey, which his mother has tried to make into an adventure. Will they make it to safety and will anyone help them? Full colour illustrations accompany meaningful prose poetry text in this call to empathy and humanity in these increasingly hostile times.