Harris has, in an almost fairy-tale way, interpreted a feeling that many in our present-day society experience: the feeling of being left out of the 'flock', being different from the others and yet knowing that somewhere a place exists for you. She tells about this simple and at the same time complex truth in a clear, witty, restrained way ...

Skye is used to being different. She never knew her mother and was brought up on a Bed and Breakfast. But she longs to discover the place where someone like her, a sheep who doesn’t feel like a sheep, belongs. So she turns herself into a tourist attraction, selling scarves and tea-towels in windy car parks. Her ambition is to become a souvenir and live on a mantelpiece. Until she discovers a secret that changes everything...

Internationally acclaimed, this funny and original story is as much for adults as for children. Indeed for anyone with an ear for the bleat of a special sheep and an eye for the beauty of the island that bears her name.