Scarlet Ibis

Longlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Medal. Red asks, ''Will we always be together?'' ''Always,'' I say. ''Just you and me in that little boat, watching the scarlet ibis flying back to the Caroni Swamp.'' Scarlet''s used to looking after her brother, Red. He''s special - different. Every night she tells him his favourite story - about the day they''ll fly far away to the Caroni Swamp in Trinidad, wher...