Julia Green 
Taking Flight [PDF ebook] 

Taking Flight is a story about love, loss and dealing with
death. Luke goes to see his grandpa every day after school. He likes it
there, and especially enjoys helping with Grandpa»s pigeons. But
Grandpa gets sick and muddled and needs more than Luke»s help. When he
goes into hospital, events take a turn for the worse and suddenly Luke
has to grow up very fast…