I knew Icarus well: - THE WORLD OF YESTERYEAR, SENIOR OF 11/12 YEAR OLDS, Baumann Hans

Icarus doesn't know why his father Daedalus fled Athens. He doesn't understand why his cousin, his best friend, Kalos, wasn't taken with them, even though he had shared their life there. To his questions about Kalos, to his pleas for the young Athenians, Daedalus only responds with stubborn silence or political calculations. It is ultimately Theseus' companions who will tell Icarus the truth...