First Line Friday

First Line Friday | Week 194 | Chicken Crossing by Kristen J Wilks

It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line. Today I’m sharing from Chicken Crossing by Kristen J Wilks. Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

Shelby squinted through the glass at the decorative rodent castle. Where were those furry cuties?

This sounds like a fun story for those who like chickens … and don’t mind rats.

What’s the book nearest you, and what’s the first line?

About Chicken Crossing

Why did the chicken cross the road?

The machinations of poultry are difficult to decipher. Add an infuriating youth pastor, a terrifying crash at highway speeds, and trap-building kids too bored for their own good and you have something a little more serious than a knock-knock joke. After the local librarian foolishly agrees to haul a trailer full of chickens over the pass, an unexpected crash sends fifteen beloved hens scattering into the wilderness. Shelby and the exasperating Jack must locate, capture, and return the chickens to his nephew before the talent show at the boy’s new school on Monday. The problem: chickens are incredibly difficult to catch. Especially when dispersed throughout the wild. When they take refuge in a coop occupied by twenty identical hens and guarded by multiple NO TRESPASSING signs and a pair of bored mountain children who have been watching way too much TV, tensions rise and feathers fly. Can Shelby thwart an alarming collection of unlikely traps and find the chickens before they are devoured? Imagination and ingenuity go so very wrong in this epic clash of inventive child verses accidental chicken thief.

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3 comments

    • Iola Goulton says:

      That sounds like a cross between the wardrobe leading to Narnia, and the wardrobe in Can’t Help Falling by Kara Isaac.

      Happy reading, and thank you for visiting.

  1. Cindy Davis says:

    I remember the cover reveal of this one, I loved it! But, I had forgotten about the story! Thanks for sharing. My first line is from Jody Hedlund’s Come Back to Me. “Your father’s in a coma.” Happy reading!

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