Bad grades, first jobs, broken hearts, tough choices-nothing is easy for these birds and horses!

On Bird-Horse Island, birds and horses share a town and work together in pairs. As life-long partners, they achieve top performance. Bird-horse doctors offer better treatments, bird-horse detectives find better clues, and bird-horse florists make better bouquets.

However, teamwork isn't easy, so community leaders assign partnerships with care. This year's young candidates are a talented bunch, and there are many promising pairs. But what can be done with Horse School's bottom graduate and Bird School's top troublemaker? Their misfit skills are not easy to match. Thankfully, there is one job-an important job-that no one else seems to want. It might be the perfect fit!

Or it might be the perfect mistake.

An illustrated novel, packed with friendship and adventure. Ages 10-13 years.