Award-winning filmmaker and author of The Boy Who Loved the MoonRino Alaimo returns with an endearing tale about courage and love.When a young boy's father doesn't return from the war, the lonely boy wishes upon a shooting starone that turns out to be a little firefly who, try as she might, just can't fly. Touched by the boy's earnest wish, the firefly undertakes a courageous journey to bring the boy's father home. Hope, love, and the courage of an unlikely hero fill the pages of this stunningly illustrated picture book.
