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Reviewed by Kim Anisi for Readers' Favorite
The Blood Mile by Andy Lyberopoulos tells the story of freshly hatched male chick 84. Two seagulls, one of them the wisecracking Scotty, watch how 84 finally hatches but is immediately sent on the conveyor belt that leads to the grinder - where all male chicks are ground to death. As luck had it, 84 somehow gets thrown off the belt. But before Scotty can save the little chick, the owner's son Luke puts the chick in his backpack. On the drive home, his dad notices the chick and throws it out of the window. I hated that man right away! Luke had named the chick Sawyer, but could not do anything against his father. Fortunately for Sawyer, a rooster and a hen who lived on the other side of the Blood Mile (together with some pigeons, a cow, and a crazy duck), saved him. But his adventures do not end there. There is a dangerous monster, and of course Sawyer thinks that someone ought to do something about that horrible chicken farm!
I have to admit that I only picked up The Blood Mile by Andy Lyberopoulos because I LOVE chickens. I love raising them, I love spending time with them, and I love caring for them (and I definitely do not eat them!). So a story in which a chicken was the main character seemed like a fantastic book for me. I was not disappointed. I found the story very charming and even though the illustrator does not seem to know much about how seagulls, pigeons, ducks, and chickens really look, the illustrations were quite lovely. It is a fantastic story, and I think it might even help to get children interested in animal welfare - and maybe even some adults!
