The Last Wild - Piers Torday - Paperback

The Last Wild, book 1 of 3, completed series

This is the story of a boy named Kester. He is extraordinary, but he doesn't know that yet. All he knows, at this very moment, is this: 

1. There is a flock of excited pigeons
2. They are talking to him
3. His life will never be quite the same again.