David Almond writes about children and for children. He simply writes about the most difficult things. About what is so important for a person to understand at the age of ten or twelve, about questions that stir the soul and to which adults do not know the answer: is it true that shoulder blades are needed in order for wings to be attached to them? Can clay figures come to life if you try really hard when you sculpt them? Does love help cure illnesses? And why is it sometimes more important to return than to leave? Almond writes in such a way that he is read by children and adults around the world - his books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. In 2010, he won the H. C. Andersen Prize, the highest award in the world of children's literature. The girl's name was Erin Law, and her friends were January Carr and Mouse Gulleyn. Each of them could tell a sad story, because all three lived in an orphanage and were called “children with a difficult fate.” Together they sailed away on a makeshift raft to seek freedom, but found something completely different. More precisely, someone - in an abandoned printing house on the river bank there lived an amazing girl Neboglazka with her Grandfather. Their story turned out to be completely mysterious: there were treasures, ghosts, Black Mud and mystery. And when Erin, January and Mouse appeared in this story, Skyeye’s world became completely, completely different...