Finish the fifth grade: Check!
Start summer break: Check!
Spend three months with Tom and Gina: Wait! What?!
When eleven-year-old Ryan Ericksen learns he’ll be spending the summer helping his aunt and uncle on their chicken farm, he’s certain his vacation is ruined.
No video games. No super-soaker fights with his older brother. Just the eastern plains of Colorado, five hundred stupid, crummy chickens—and a girl who may complicate everything.
But farm life isn’t quite as terrible as Ryan expected. New friendships and unexpected adventures begin changing the way he sees his family, himself, and the summer he never wanted.
Then disaster strikes.
To protect the people and animals he has come to care about, Ryan must decide whether he has the courage to risk his own safety—or whether he’ll chicken out when everyone needs him most.
Chickens, Girls, and Other Life Problems is a funny, heartfelt farm adventure for boys and girls ages 8–12 who enjoy friendship, animals, family mishaps, and reluctant heroes.
Perfect for readers who enjoy Katherine Paterson, Kate DiCamillo, Dusti Bowling, and Barbara O’Connor.
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