Griffin Silk is the youngest boy in an unusual family, and that makes it extraordinarily difficult to blend into his new school. He is teased and tormented, but that is not the only burden he bears. He is only just coming to love his new baby sister, the baby girl without a name, when his mother goes away, taking the baby. It is only when his new friend Layla suggests that he invite his mother home to a naming party that the family begins to heal from their sadness and Griffin realizes that he has uncommon courage and the heart of a lion. 2010 USBBY Outstanding International Books List, New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards (Shortlist), Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards Honor Book. djg

Originally published by ABC Books Australia, in 2003.