Age 5 and up.
In Istanbul, on the shores of the Golden Horn, six-year-old Sofia is lonely and dreams of climbing rainbows. She spends long hours on a terrace overlooking the water waiting for a rainbow to approach. She befriends Incir (In-jir), a stray kitten who eats figs and is afraid of heights. Sofia mocks Incir for his oddities and bullies him when he hides under the bed and refuses to set foot on the terrace with her. Their differences jeopardize their friendship. One day, a rainbow forms next to Sofia’s terrace, and, with no hesitation, she climbs it. But as Sofia reaches the top, the rainbow begins to thin out. Terrified, Sofia screams for help. Despite his fear of heights, it is Incir who gallops to the terrace and up the rainbow and leads Sofia to safety. From her adventure, Sofia learns that there are creatures in this world that do not share our dreams and do things differently. They can still be our friends, and we should love them and accept them the way they are.
