Nia loves Alfie, her pet turtle. But he’s not very soft, he doesn’t do tricks, and he’s pretty quiet. Sometimes she forgets he’s even there. That is, until the night before her seventh birthday, when … Alfie disappears!

Where did he go? And why? Nia can’t say … but Alfie can. This is his story.

From the author-illustrator of Fraidyzoo and The Bear Report comes a warm and funny tale that celebrates friendship, even when the friends see their relationship—and the world—very differently.