Oysters for years have been a delicacy as well as a source of protein and other nutrients for humans. Oyster beds consist of generations of oysters piled on top of one another providing a site for the attachment of new oysters. This book relates to one tiny oyster whose ambition was to become big, like his neighbours but he never seemed to get any larger. Through his early life he sees how larger oysters can be adversely affected by the environment and predators including humans. About to give up he is raised up to a new life where he is valued and protected for ever.