Farmed Out

Maddie has big-city dreams, and this summer she's found her chance to visit New York.

An art magazine is holding a portrait painting contest, and the first prize is an all-expenses-paid trip to the Big Apple. Maddie plans to win, but her mother has different plans for her: a mother-daughter adventure in organic farming. Maddie is furious. How will she find an inspiring subject for her portrait amid the goat poop and chickens? And worse, her new-age mother's attempts at pig reiki are an embarrassment. But Maddie befriends the farmer's daughter, Anna, and between dodging her mother and doing her chores, she finds the perfect subject for the portrait contest.

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read!

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 09/01/2011
ISBN: 9781554699100
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.20w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Booklist 09/15/2011 pg. 63
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 98 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 146753 / Farmed Out
Reading Level: 3.8 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 2