Author Heidi DeStefano reads the first chapter of her middle grade novel, Chickie Jurin’s Toad Rodeo, the second book in the Chickie Jurin’s Tales for the Chicken Obsessed series, published by Sastrugi Press. Chickie, a ten-year-old school misfit who aspires to be the chicken expert of the world needs to find her missing hen before a hungry wild animal does. But she’s too busy keeping her troublesome little brother and sister from drowning in the ranch cistern. Meanwhile, Mom braves the muddy roads to her interview at the country school and Aunt Tabitha makes life miserable for everyone. When Chickie hatches a plan for a toad rodeo in her chicken yard to entertain her siblings, the outcome forces her to reconsider her dreams.