![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sophie makes a great heroine having moved to her great uncle's farm from L.A. There are themes here of independence, learning to do hard things, commitment, honesty, etc, but they come across with a light touch. There aren't any really deep, heart-wrenching themes that require a large emotional investment. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer is the sort of book that you read just for fun. Told in letters to Sophie’s abuela, quizzes, a chicken-care correspondence course, to-do lists, and more, Unusual Chickensis a quirky, clucky classic in the making. But when a respected local farmer tries to steal them, Sophie must find a way to keep them (and their superpowers) safe. Determined, resourceful Sophie learns to care for her flock, earning money for chicken feed, collecting eggs. 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.Īnd then more of her great-uncle’s unusual chickens come home to roost. 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. ![]() All opinions expressed are solely my own. ![]()
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