A Sailor, A Chicken, An Incredible Voyage

Heart-stopping adventure story: navigating treacherous icebergs with a chicken on the mast is just one of many nail-biting maneuvers from this action-packed book. Perfect for readers of The Art of Racing in the Rain: Guirec and Monique’s bond is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Inspirational: Guirec shows that all you have to do is believe to achieve something big. Photographs and maps: show the epic voyage and provide breaks in the text. International headlines: Guirec and Monique—the sailor and the hen—have appeared in The Guardian,BBC, and The Dodo, amongst other publications. Large social following: Guirec Soudée runs a popular website and has over 210,000 combined social media followers. Upcoming film and research: Guirec and Monique’s sailing adventures have been turned into a French-language film, and they continue to explore the globe, collecting data about the oceans with the help of Stanford University and Plankton Planet, a group dedicated to evaluating ocean health, and maintaining biodiversity in our seas. People seriously love chickens. The popularity of chickens as companion animals (aka pets) has skyrocketed during the pandemic according to CNN and NPR, and in the UK they are now 5 times more popular than hamsters (Daily Mail).