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Are You Ready to Hatch an Unusual Chicken? Spiral-Bound | September 10, 2019

Kelly Jones, Katie Kath (Illustrated by)

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This laugh-out-loud sequel to Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer has EVEN MORE MAGIC CHICKENS!

Twelve-year-old Sophie Brown is finally settling into her new home and her new role as keeper of some highly unusual poultry--chickens with secret superpowers!

But the arrival of two new magical chickens for her flock and some unusual eggs to be incubated and hatched (what will their superpowers be?), plus an impending inspection from the Unusual Poultry Committee (who even knew this existed?) has Sophie feeling pretty stressed out. Her older cousin, Lupe, is coming to stay with her family, which is great--but will Lupe like chickens too? And on top of it all, Sophie's first day at her new school is rapidly approaching!

In this wildly funny and quirky novel told in letters and lists and quizzes, Sophie learns that even an exceptional poultry farmer can use some help.Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer / Kelly Jones and Katie Kath
  • ALA Notable Book
  • ABA Indies Introduce Pick
  • Indie Next Pick
  • Indie Choice, E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor Book
  • SLJ Best Book of the Year
  • Kirkus Best Book of the Year
  • Children's Choice Debut Author of the Year, nominee
  • NYPL 100 Books for Reading and Sharing
  • MSRI/CBC Mathical Honor Book
  • Bank Street Best Book, Outstanding merit
  • Judy Lopez Memorial Award, honor winner
  • Amazon Book of the Month
  • Amazon Best Book of the Year for MG
  • Starred review, Kirkus
  • Starred review, SLJ
  • Missouri State Teachers Association Reading List
  • Texas Bluebonnet nomination
  • Finalist for the Scanduiuzzi Children's Book Award in WA
  • A DC Capital Choices selection
  • Georgia Children's Book Award masterlist
  • Houston's Horned Toad Book Award masterlist
  • Vermont, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award nominee
  • Maine Student Book Award nominee
  • Massachusetts State Book Award nominee, 2017
  • North Carolina Children's Book Award nominee, 2017
  • Indiana Young Hoosier Award masterlist
  • Tennessee Volunteer State Award masterlist 2017-2018
  • New Mexico Land of Enchantment masterlist 2016-2017
  • North Dakota Flickertail Award masterlist
  • Oklahoma Sequoyah Award masterlist
  • Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award masterlist
  • Arkansas, Charlie May Simon Book Award masterlist
  • Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award masterlist
  • Oregon Reader's Choice Award masterlist
  • Arizona's Grand Canyon Readers Choice Award masterlist

    • Persona:
    - BookTalkers will have read the first Unusual Chickens book and be eager to pick up his latest in paperback.
    - Serialists are one of our younger segments, and they're likely to have discovered the first Unusual Chickens book at the library.
    - Recipients: Because of the critical acclaim and number of state awards lists the first Unusual Chickens book has landed on, this is a natural fit for parents and gatekeepers to hand to kids.

    Publisher: Penguin Random House
    Original Binding: Paperback
    Pages: 336 pages
    ISBN-10: 1524765945
    Item Weight: 0.6 lbs
    Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.9 x 7.6 inches
    **International Latino Book Awards -- Best Youth Latino Focused Chapter Book -- 2nd place!**

    "Charming, thoughtful, and clever." — Kirkus Reviews

    "A funny and relatable realistic fantasy sure to be enjoyed by farm-dwellers, urbanites, and everyone between." —SLJ

    "In the middle grade follow-up to Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer, protagonist Sophie Brown has brand-new magical chickens to care for, is anxious about entering a new school, and is doubly worried about an upcoming inspection from the Unusual Poultry Committee. Quirky illustrations and the integration of email correspondences, letters, lists, and other texts provide a multidimensional reading experience." -- Publishers Weekly
    Kelly Jones has been a librarian and a bookseller and is a raiser of (much-loved but fairly ordinary) chickens. She is now a novelist and the author of Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer and Murder, Magic, and What We Wore. You can find her at curiosityjones.net or on Twitter and Instagram at @curiosityjones.

    KATIE KATH earned an MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design and works as a freelance illustrator. You can learn more about her work at ktkath.com. Or follow her on Instagram at KatieKathDraws, or on Twitter at @kathk_me.