TODAY IT BEGINS!

Returning to the family homestead intensifies twelve-year-old Sammy’s longing for the family heritage—farming.  But Dad’s ultimatum, “…no crops, no animals, no barn…” shows Dad wants nothing to do with farming, for himself or Sammy.  Then why did Dad insist Sammy join a farming club?

Permission slips for Ag club summer projects are due.  Sammy defends his project choice with, “Technically, Dad, chickens are birds not animals.”  Miraculously, he wins Dad’s approval.

Sammy’s problems begin with the early arrival of his peeps and the loss of his best pals.  His ingenuity to care for his chicks, make a new friend, and design a compost bin win him a new name.  His biggest challenge—can he butcher his roosters?

Summer’s many adventures include solving a mystery, fighting a hawk, and being disqualified at the County Fair.

At the end of the project, has he won…or lost…the thing he wanted most—Dad’s change of heart about farming?

So reads the back cover blurb of my first book, All Because of Chickens of the series, Adventures of the Half Dozen.

Today is the start of something big…the start of the contest to name nineteen lambs to be born in my new book of the series.

By the time the contest is over, I expect to have this new “work in progress” ready for the publisher.  The names of the contest winners will be listed on the acknowledgements page of the new publication about Sam, Mai Li, and the rest of the gang, Lori, Kate, Joseph and Will.

In the second book of the series, Lessons from the Sheepfold, Sam followed in the footsteps of his mentor, Si.  Sam and the gang named his first eight lambs all beginning with the letter A; Abby, Adena, Alice, Anna, Arianne, Alex, Amos, and Andy.  Now, these new lambs will have names each beginning with the letter B.

Mai Li has already named the lamb known to be runt of the litter Bitsy, short for Itsy Bitsy.  Can you come up with another name that starts with the letter B?

Here is a recap of the rules.

After today, I will have the weekly question in my blog under the Bookshelf section. 

Each question will be a multiple answer question from something in my first Sam book, All Because of Chickens. 

To be sure your answer gets to me safely, send it to me directly at glmiller456@gmail.com.

As Subject, put Week Number (each week’s question will be numbered) Contest Answer.  The earliest correct answer, determined by the email date, will be the winner for that week.  Winners will be notified both by return email and listed on my blog.

Oh, I almost forgot.  In case you do not yet have a copy of All Because of Chickens, you can purchase either an e-book or a printed copy on-line from: MuseItUp Bookstore, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or several other on-line book stores.  You can also get printed copies locally from Red House Books in Dothan, AL, Rosie’s Book Shoppe in DuBois, PA, or Brockway Drugs in Brockway, PA.  You can also order a printed copy from me at the above email address.

Let’s have some fun and get those lambs names!

Week One, Name the Lamb Contest

Which breed of chicken did Sammy choose for his CAYC summer project?

a.  White Leghorn

b.  Rhode Island Red

c.  Barbed Plymouth Rock

d.  Golden Comet

e.  Black Minorka