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Chicken Mission: Danger in the Deep Dark Woods
By (Author) Jennifer Gray
Illustrated by Hannah George
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
1st August 2014
Main
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
823.92
Paperback
192
Width 130mm, Height 200mm, Spine 10mm
136g
Young chicken Amy Cluckbucket dreams of escaping from Perrin's farm to a life of chicken adventure.
One day Amy receives a summons to the Kung Foo School for Poultry in Tibet where she learns she is to become part of an elite chicken squad whose mission is to defeat their evil predators. It sounds like a dream come true for Amy but she's disappointed to find that fellow squad members, Ruth and Boo, don't seem to want to make friends. Ruth is too busy inventing things and Boo has problems of her own.
The chickens travel to Chicken HQ to meet their mentor, Professor Rooster. When their first mission flops it is Amy who persuades the others that they should stick together to restore Professor Rooster's faith in them. Through a series of egg-citing adventures and hilarious mishaps the three young chickens learn the value of friendship and teamwork.
But will they be ready for their biggest mission so far - to save the chicks of St Eggbert's Primary School from the jaws of their mortal enemy, Thadeus E Fox
Jennifer Gray is a barrister and the author of the Attiicus Claw and Guinea Pigs Online series. She lives in London and Scotland with her husband and four children, and of course Henry, a friendly but enigmatic cat.