Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
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Jones, Kelly
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Kath, Katie
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Random House Children's Books 2015
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Fans of Katherine Applegate and Erin Entrada Kelly will love this quirky story of a determined girl, and some extraordinary chickens.
 
Twelve-year-old Sophie Brown feels like a fish out of water when she and her parents move from Los Angeles to the farm they’ve inherited from a great-uncle. But farm life gets more interesting when a cranky chicken appears and Sophie discovers the hen can move objects with the power of her little chicken brain: jam jars, the latch to her henhouse, the entire henhouse....
 
And then more of her great-uncle’s unusual chickens come home to roost. Determined, resourceful Sophie learns to care for her flock, earning money for chicken feed, collecting eggs. But when a respected local farmer tries to steal them, Sophie must find a way to keep them (and their superpowers) safe.
 
Told in letters to Sophie’s abuela, quizzes, a chicken-care correspondence course, to-do lists, and more, Unusual Chickens is a quirky, clucky classic in the making.

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Street Date:
05/12/2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780385755542
ASIN:
B00N6PD6F2
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MG
Level 5.2, 5 Points
Lexile measure:
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Kelly Jones. (2015). Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer. Random House Children's Books.

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Kelly Jones. 2015. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer. Random House Children's Books.

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