Seeking representation
If VIOLET CRUNKLEY said aloud that her best friend was a pigeon, that she spoke Pigeonese, and was an Honorary Member of the Carl Schurz Park Pigeon Flock (Non-Flying Status), everyone would swear she was bonkers. Tell humans about her pigeon world? Seriously? Then New York City Mayor Riblet announces plans to destroy the City's "sky rats". Aghast, Violet and her best friend, a pigeon named Herkimer, set out to keep the pigeons safe. Then Herkimer goes missing. Without him, Violet learns she's a hide-under-the-bed coward. Overwhelmed with doubt and fear, Violet’s mega IQ is useless. She stumbles across Mayor Riblet’s get-rich scheme to sell the pigeons’ feathers as expensive, exotic (and secretly counterfeit) plumes, and to toss the pigeons’ plucked bodies into the city dump. Now Violet must stop the powerful Mayor, find her best friend, and save the pigeons. But is that something that a coward can even do? She revs up her brain power and concocts a sure-fire plan. But the Mayor is now preparing the nets for the Great Pigeon Roundup. Violet is too late. Courage is what she needs now. That and help from human friends, if only she can find ones who believe in her.
©Lucy A. Greenburg 2026