This picture book graphic story is set on the streets of New York in the early 1900s.  A small shoe-shine boy is not having much business luck among the bustling crowds, when a bit of red falls from laundry lines strung between the buildings.  The young boys climbs crates and drain pipes and fires escapes as he scampers from balcony to balcony in search of the owner.  At each balcony he meets another of his neighbors, each from a different corner of the world, and each offering another suggestion as to who the bit of red may belong to.  The illustrations are fun, and kids will be drawn to the graphic format, but they may be disappointed it doesn’t have a more exciting plot.