This book would be a great title to read with your whole
family!
Sophie Brown is a 12-year-old girl who is forced to move
from the city to a farm that was gifted to her parents after the recent death
of her great-uncle. None of them are particularly skilled at farming, but Sophie
gives it an honest try while her father searches for a new job and her mother
continues writing articles to make money for the family. Farm life seems boring
and Sophie grows tired of going around cleaning junk piles that her great-uncle
left, when one day, she finds an advertisement from the Redwood Farm Supply
catalog titled, “Unusual Chickens for the
Exceptional Poultry Farmer.” Sophie writes a letter to request a copy.
This entire story is told through letters that are written
by Sophie to various people, such as her dead abuelita, her dead great-uncle,
and Agnes, the lady in charge of the chicken catalogs. One day, Sophie has an
encounter with a very unique chicken who seems angry and appears to have special
powers. She writes to Agnes to tell her about the chicken she found and how to
care for it. Agnes responds and tells Sophie how to care for the chicken and to
be very careful because there is a chicken thief out there looking for
exceptional chickens like the one that she found. Sophie ends up meeting more
chickens along the way and comes to care for them deeply. The chickens bring
her a sense of belonging and purpose on the farm. She protects her chickens
from the thief and encounters many more obstacles during her story. This story keeps you engaged until the last page.
If you enjoy humorous books, magical realism, fantasy, or
realistic fiction, check out this book in the Children’s Department today and share with your family or a friend!
-Lauren
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