Book Review

Book Review
Chicken Feathers by Joy Cowley is a 2009 NZ Post Book Award Finalist. It is a story about a boy called Josh and his pet chicken Semolina who talks to him, (and who likes a drop of Grandmas home brew!) Josh's family own a free range chicken farm. His mum is close to having a baby after years of trying and has to spend 3 months in hospital on bed rest so Grandma come to stay. She doesn't approve of chickens in the house and Semolina gets shooed outside. However there is a fox about and Semolina warns Josh that he is stealing the eggs from the number 3 hen house. Josh tells his dad but he doesn't believe him and certainly doesn't believe that Semolina can talk. A simple and warm story about a family and a special friendship. I think it would suit ages 9-10 and up.
Kerri