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The awardwinning laughoutloud reachforthetissues story of an autistic boys desperate struggle to survive a deadly illness and the backyard chicken who transforms his life into a tale of improbable hope and miraculous healing

Eightyearold Andrew is autistic and bilingual He speaks English and Chicken With words limited by autism Andrew lives in a fantastic world where chickens talk and superheroes come alive But when he tells his pet chicken Frightful that his body is trying to kill him it launches Andrews family and an entire medical community into a decadelong quest for answers This beautiful fierce and refreshingly honest memoir takes listeners on a mothers journey through the complex landscape of modern medicine to discover the healing bond between a boy and Frightful the chicken who saves them all