When strong winds blow a flock of chickens and their coop away from young Emily and Sam's backyard, it's up to the chickens to learn to fly their coop back home.

SYNOPSIS:

On a sunny, windy summer day, nine-year old Emily and six-year old Sam ready their lemonade stand. Their just out of town home is complete with a small vegetable garden, a few berry bushes, and a chicken coop of chickens, which they love dearly. And the chickens love them right back!

But just as their lemonade stand opens, a strong gust of wind blasts their chickens—and the coop—right out of their backyard.

Emily and Sam search the neighborhood with Mom and Dad to find their beloved chickens, but there is no sign of bird or coop.

The airborne coop lands a mile away, a little banged up, but intact, with the chickens frightened and lost. Roosters Henry Wooster and Emperor, along with fifteen hens (including bantam chickens), work together through trial and error, and summon the courage to attempt flying their coop back home.

With hen Lavira's brooding eggs getting cold at home, it's every wing on deck to make the unthinkable happen (and get a little help from house cat CatJacqui).

As Emily and Sam pine for their pet chickens, and hope for the impossible, the hens, led by Dolcie, Stacy-Q, and Millie's ingenuity, utilize what the wind blew away with them to fly their coop home.

The chickens learn how to work together, and bolster each other's spirits, even when facing the scary unknown. Brusque Rhonda learns a bit of kindliness—and takes on the irksome Bluejay. Timid, gentle Fancy and Pamela realize they're braver than they thought. Dolcie discovers her hidden problem-solving talents. Lavira's need to get home to her chick eggs drives her—and the flock's—need to get home. Stacy-Q and Millie's contagious enthusiasm spreads optimism to all. Even bantam rooster Emperor admits fellow big rooster Henry has some good ideas, occasionally.

Its trial and error, doubt and hope as the chickens use their surroundings and imagination, and memories of Sam's slingshot and kite, to do the impossible.