Ghost Chickens: Omelet from the Other Side
$38.43
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2026
Summary
After eating a glowing green egg, aspiring journalist Florence Fortescue can suddenly see that her house is overrun with ghost chickens in this delightfully bizarre and hilarious first book of a new early middle-grade series for readers aged 8 to 12!
Ten-year-old aspiring journalist Florence Fortescue did NOT want to move to the country, leaving her best friend and city life behind. To make matters worse, Florence is shocked to discover a Minions-esque flock of ghost chickens running …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781774889480 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 177488948X |
| Author: | Adi Rule, Joelle Dreidemy |
| Publisher: | Tundra Books |
| Imprint: | Tundra Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 146mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Ghost Chickens |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
You Can Find This Book In
Critics Review
“In a British farce as light as the feathers of its spectral cast, fledgling journalist Florence Fortescue discovers, after eating a strange, bad-tasting egg, that the ramshackle farm that her parents dragged her to is populated by ghostly chickens… . Readers will cheer her eventual vindication too — as it comes with lines of ghost chickens dancing to an impromptu musical performance.” —Booklist
Adi Rule
Adi Rule is the author of Nell and the Netherbeast, Why Would I Lie?, and Hearts of Ice. She also wrote The Hidden Twin and Strange Sweet Song, which won the 2016 New Hampshire Writers’ Project Literary Award for Outstanding Young Adult Book and the Vermont College of Fine Arts Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Prize. Adi’s work has appeared in the Hunger Mountain and NH Pulp Fiction anthologies. She is a member of the faculty of the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing program at Lasell University.
Joelle Dreidemy is an illustrator for magazines and children’s books. She studied arts at university in Strasbourg and obtained a Master of Plastic Arts. She then moved to Lyon to study illustration, animation, and sculpture at the renowned Emile Cohl School. Joelle lives and works in Montpellier.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.