Based on a true sto­ry, Find­ing Mes­si is about the unbreak­able bond between a girl and her beloved cat, Mes­si. When Ukraine is attacked in 2022, 11-year-old Iry­na and her moth­er must leave every­thing behind in Kyiv. When their pet Mes­si is lost, Iry­na and her moth­er ral­ly the com­mu­ni­ty to help find their miss­ing pet.

Find­ing Mes­si gen­tly explains the impact of war for young chil­dren. Young read­ers will gain a bet­ter under­stand­ing about chil­dren around the world who are dis­placed by war through the sto­ry of Iry­na and Mes­si.

Writ­ten by an Amer­i­can teenag­er who vis­it­ed Poland and Ukraine with his syn­a­gogue in March 2022 and a Ukrain­ian Jew­ish teenag­er he met dur­ing his vol­un­teer­ing, Find­ing Mes­si will open the hearts of chil­dren around the world.