The Woefield Poultry Collective
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Woefield Farm is a sprawling thirty acres of scrub land,
complete with dilapidated buildings and one half-sheared,
lonely sheep named Bertie. It’s “run”—in the loosest
possible sense of the word—by Prudence Burns, an energetic,
well-intentioned twenty-something New Yorker full of back-to-
the-land ideals, but without an iota of related skills or experience.
Prudence, who inherited the farm from her uncle, soon
discovers that the bank is about to foreclose on Woefield Farm,
which means that Prudence has to turn things around, fast. But
fear not! She’ll be assisted by Earl, a spry seventy-something,
banjo-playing foreman with a distrust of newfangled ideas
and a substantial family secret; Seth, the alcoholic, celebrity-blogging
boy-next-door, who hasn’t left the house since a
scandal with his high-school drama teacher; and Sara Spratt,
a highly organized eleven-year-old looking for a home for her
prizewinning chickens, including one particularly randy fellow
soon to be christened Alec Baldwin.
Full of offbeat charm and characters you won’t soon forget,
The Woefield Poultry Collective is a heartwarming novel
about learning how to take on a challenge, facing your fears,
and finding friendship in the most unlikely of places. With alternating
narratives, Susan Juby shows how a team of misfits
can find acceptance and success, even with—and sometimes in
spite of—their highly unorthodox approach.
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Critical Praise for
The Woefield Poultry Collective
"You will cheer for Susan Juby's delightful cast of characters... As funny as it is heartbreaking, and in voices as original as the story itself, you won't soon forget the inhabitants of Woefield Farm."
- Robin Antalek, author of The Summer We Fell Apart
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"Disarming, endearing, and laugh-out-loud funny, The Woefield Poultry Collective is a wry look at a handful of misfits brought together by farmland only slightly more fertile than the moon. A bewitching debut as quirky and charming as they come."
- Tish Cohen, author of The Truth About Delilah Blue and Inside Out Girl
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"Susan Juby is a marvel. Wise, witty, and full of heart, her writing draws you in and won't let go. And just when you think it can't get any better, it does. I never wanted to leave Woefield, and you won't, either."
- Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries and Insatiable
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Bright’s Light
Like all the girls at the House of Gear, Bright has a higher purpose: to be, like, awesome. That means Bright’s engineered body must always look perfect. It means she must be appealing at all times. The minders are watching, after all. The minders see everything . One of them, Grassly, is on...
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The Woefield Poultry Collective
Woefield Farm is a sprawling thirty acres of scrub land, complete with dilapidated buildings and one half-sheared, lonely sheep named Bertie. It’s “run” -- in the loosest possible sense of the word -- by Prudence Burns, an energetic, well-intentioned twenty-something New Yorker...
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Bright’s Light
Like all the girls at the House of Gear, Bright has a higher purpose: to be, like, awesome. That means Bright’s engineered body must always look perfect. It means she must be appealing at all times. The minders are watching, after all. The minders see everything . One of them, Grassly, is on...
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