Max is used to spending time alone – it’s difficult to make friends in a big, chaotic school when you’re deaf. He prefers to give his attention to the little things in life – like making awesome, detailed replica models. Then Mr Darrow, the school caretaker and fellow modeller, goes missing. Max must follow his parting instruction: ‘Go to my room. You’ll know what to do’. On the floor he finds a pile of sand – and in the sand is Mr Darrow’s latest creation – a tiny boy, no bigger than a raisin, Luke, Prince of the Blues. And behind the tiny boy – millions of others – a thriving, bustling, sprawling civilisation!