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Chicken Abner is not a chicken, no matter what his brother Derek says. But when it comes to giving a speech in front of the whole town, Abner is . . . well . . . hes more than a little nervous.Then his sister Tate has an idea--bravery lessons. And the first one Eat a roasted grasshopper. But Abner forgot something important. Theres magic in the ground under his familys house and grasshoppers hatch from eggs laid in the ground. So what, exactly, would happen if a kid ate a grasshopper that had been soaking up magic all year long BOING!Lynne Jonell follows up her Minnesota Book Award finalist, Texas Bluebonnet Master List choice, and Junior Library Guild selection Hamster Magic with a third story of the Willow familys rowdy run-ins with mixed-up magic.
About the Author
Lynne Jonell is an author (and occasional illustrator) of sixteen books for children, from picture books to novels for ages 8-12, all with an element of fantasy: magical hamsters, talking cats, tiny planes with a secret fuel, rodents with special powers, and more. Her novel won the Minnesota Book Award; her latest book, , is a swashbuckling sea adventure. Coming in 2018 is , a time-travel novel set at her ancestral castle in Scotland. Her books have received starred reviews in Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Sesame Street Parents, and have been published in nine languages. She teaches writing at the Loft Literary Center, is married and has two sons, and lives in Plymouth, Minnesota.
