The story of the training of a carrier pigeon and its service during the First World War, revealing the bird's courageous and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in the Himalayan Mountains, and on the French battlefield.
When two pigeons that Sarah wants as pets move from her Chicago apartment's window ledge to the building next door, Sarah tries to figure out how to get them to come back.
A visiting dove provides the answer to Grandmother Maloko's financial problems when floodwaters destroy her crops and she must rely on the sale of her homemade jewelry.