Preface: A Tale of Two Boyhoods

Herring Gull
Schooldays
A Letter From the Prefect
A Shepherd and His Flock
My Duck
Feather Song
Duck Games
Shadow Puppets
Registration
A Visit From Boucault Junior
Bird Lessons
Competition
Child Prodigy
Two Boys
Son of the Wind
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Metamorphosis
Trophy
This Means War
The Names of Birds
The Big Day
Face to Face
Geese!
Pink Hawthorns
Boots
The Nightingale
Freedom
The Song of the Cranes
Ballbusters
The Emperor and the Nightingale
Molting
Pecking Order
Bragging Rights
Number Eleven
Behind the Curtain
Gulls Under the Bridge
Chambord
Two Birds
Music Fest
Rematch
The Morning After
Dream a Little Dream