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| J. J. Tully, 'retired' rescue dog |
Search and rescue dogs are really cool and really smart.
They use their keen sense of smell, orders from humans, and animal intuition to
find missing people. It’s a noble job. J. J. Tully is a rescue dog. He has
found many missing people by sniffing them out of rubble, snow, darkness, and
danger. But now he’s got a mother chicken harassing him. Wait…a mother chicken?
Why would a mother chicken harass a rescue dog? Oh, right…missing chicks. So,
how hard can it be to find a bunch of missing chicks? Hold on, let me ask J. J.
Tully. [Pause.] Okay, much harder
than finding humans. Humans stink. You can smell them miles away.
A chick trail
is much harder, especially when it’s pouring rain, you’ve got a mom chicken and
two other chicks right behind you and a cryptic ransom note. This was the
weirdest ransom note I have ever read. I have to read it to you. It says, “I have your peeps. It behooves you to
rendezvous. Twilight. Your place.” What?!?! Who talks likes this? This is
going to be one crazy, weird mystery.
The Trouble with
Chickens: A J. J. Tully Mystery by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Kevin
Cornell. 119 pages. Balzer + Bray, 2011. Booktalk to intermediate grades.
Virginia Readers’ Choice, 2012-2013.
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