Move over, Henrietta, there’s a new chicken in town! The Pinkwaters, who cried fowl in The Hoboken Chicken Emergency--involving a boy and his beloved 266-pound pet chicken, Henrietta--now turn their attention to beautiful, “brave and clever” Yetta. This more realistically proportioned feathered heroine flees her fate by escaping her crate at the back of Mr. Flegleman’s pick-up truck and finds herself in Brooklyn. In one of the standout images of the story, Jill Pinkwater places readers in Yetta’s place: a country chicken thrust into the heart of an urban center, staring up at a skyline with very little sky. Even though she’s free, she looks confined by these towering cement cliffs. Before long, Yetta thwarts a cat’s attempts to capture a small green bird named Eduardo and is embraced by the wild parrot’s flock. (Check out the real Brooklyn wild parrots.) Though Yetta’s native language is Yiddish, and Eduardo and his flock speak Spanish, they find a way to communicate. Their conversation unfolds in an ingenious and helpful series of alternating thought balloons (which includes pronunciation and translation guides). This story speaks to the child who’s new to a country, new to a neighborhood, or who simply finds himself on the outside looking for a way in. Yetta may be out of her element, but she knows who she is and acts with confidence. Brava! --Jennifer M. Brown