In the relentlessly, sun-drenched streets of Florence, where the sun hangs above the town like a molten florin, a scruffy, unschooled boy named Allegro is considered a nuisance by everyone he meets. He is spinning like a windmill, overflowing with bizarre questions no one can answer until one, fateful afternoon he accidentally crashes into Leonardo Da Vinci. Recognizing Allegro's infinite curiosity, the inventor brings him to his bottega, where Allegro aides him in his work. Together, they endeavor to construct the Ornithopter, a flying machine made out of seasoned light oak and stiff silk. Pushing past his failures, Allegro must find the courage to take a leap and discover what it truly means to let his mind glide