Skip's an outsider a quiet observer. He draws pictures to make sense of the world. He's never fitted in. So he takes to the streets. Life there may be hard but it's better than the one he's left behind especially when he teams up with old Billy. Then come the bombs which leave little Max in his care and also Tia the sad dancer with her sweet baby Sixpence. Scavenging for food sheltering in an empty fun fair living on love and imagination...how long can Skip's fragile new family hold out as war grips the city