In the sweltering summer of 1987, thirteen-year-old Joey Giordano, the boy from the Bronx, spends his days on the stoop, dodging Nonna’s lectures and nursing a crush on Maria Delgado. Hidden in his notebook is Pigeon Detective—a quirky story about a fedora-wearing bird solving crimes in the neighborhood. As Joey shares pages with Maria at the library, their quiet friendship deepens into first love. With best friend Vinny’s encouragement and his family’s unspoken support, Joey learns that the biggest mysteries aren’t solved by flying away—they’re faced right here, on rooftops and handball courts, one messy, honest sentence at a time.
