Sophie's family moves to Great-Uncle Jim's farm and Sophie writes to Redwood Farm Supply requesting a catalog of unusual chickens.

An angry white chicken arrives on the property and Sophie sets up the overturned coop and provides it with food and water.

Sophie discovers the white chicken has telekinetic powers when it levitates its empty water cup to Sophie's feet.

Agnes writes to Sophie confirming the chicken belonged to Great-Uncle Jim and warning her to keep it safe from others.

Ms. Griegson comes to the Brown farm under the pretense of searching for her lost chickens.

Sophie catches Ms. Griegson attempting to break into the padlocked chicken coop and blows her safety whistle to chase her away.

Ms. O'Malley at the library confirms that the white chicken is one of Great-Uncle Jim's scattered unusual chickens.

Sophie uses Agnes's poultry course materials to convince her skeptical parents she is responsible enough to keep the chicken.

Sophie discovers that Henrietta has laid a glass egg in the nest box.

Sophie lures a camouflaging invisible chicken into a kennel and reunites it with Henrietta.

Sophie goes to Chris's farm to retrieve Buffy and discovers a stone raccoon and the bloody remains of Chris's rooster Rocky.

Sophie returns home to find Ms. Griegson has stolen her entire flock while she and Chris were away.

Sophie rescues all of her chickens from Ms. Griegson's property using sunflower seeds as bait.

Sophie presents her chickens at the poultry show and the community rallies behind her, forcing Ms. Griegson to back down.

The Speckled Sussex hens type a letter revealing Agnes is a ghost, and Agnes bestows Redwood Farm and her estate to Sophie.

Sophie Brown's family moves to her late Great-Uncle Jim's farm, where she discovers a magical white chicken with telekinetic powers. A suspicious woman named Ms. Griegson repeatedly attempts to steal the chicken, forcing Sophie to protect it and seek help from Agnes at Redwood Farm Supply. As Sophie's flock of unusual chickens grows, she earns her parents' support and deepens her connection to her late great-uncle's legacy. When Ms. Griegson steals her entire flock, Sophie must reclaim the chickens and publicly confront the thief at a local poultry show. The community rallies around Sophie and forces Ms. Griegson to back down. In the final twist, Agnes writes to Sophie through the chickens to reveal she is a ghost and bequeaths her entire farm and remaining unusual chickens to Sophie.

The headline events of Sophie's journey from city girl to poultry farmer.

Sophie discovers a typewriter in the barn's hayloft and creates a small writing office there.

Sophie writes to her late Abuelita for the first time, expressing her loneliness and missing her former life in Los Angeles.

Sophie writes to her late Great-Uncle Jim for the first time, expressing regret for not knowing him well during his lifetime.

Sophie finds the chicken coop locked from the inside with Henrietta sitting inside, annoyed at being disturbed.

Agnes sends Sophie the first lesson of her free poultry course to help Sophie get started.

Sophie tells her parents about Henrietta for the first time and they want to contact Ms. Griegson about the chicken.

Sophie watches from behind the barn as Ms. Griegson coaxes a shapeshifting hawk-chicken out of a tree and captures it.

Sophie scrambles Chameleon's first brown egg for the family to try, and everyone agrees it is extraordinarily delicious.

Agnes confirms that only Buffy's chicks carry the petrifying power and warns Sophie never to breed Buffy.

Sophie attempts to attend a 4-H club meeting but leaves immediately when she realizes Ms. Griegson leads the club.

Ms. O'Malley shows Sophie a newspaper article about Ms. Griegson's plans to buy and reopen Redwood Farm Supply.

Sophie makes migas for her family using her chickens' fresh eggs and the family dances together in celebration afterward.

Sophie and Chris ride bikes toward Ms. Griegson's farm together, but Chris refuses to risk helping Sophie retrieve the chickens.

Sophie and her flock take shelter from a circling hawk in an abandoned barn that turns out to be Redwood Farm.

Sophie receives an official legal packet formally declaring her the rightful heir to Agnes's estate.

Sophie arrives at Great-Uncle Jim's farm lonely and missing her old life, finding comfort in writing letters from a typewriter she discovers in the barn's hayloft. She gradually uncovers more of Great-Uncle Jim's unusual chickens and learns to care for them through Agnes's correspondence and the guidance of her local librarian. Her relationship with her parents evolves as she shares her growing flock and proves her responsibility, while her friendship with Chris offers a window into her great-uncle's world. A dangerous rivalry develops as Ms. Griegson reveals plans to buy Redwood Farm and secretly locks away the remaining Speckled Sussex hens. A desperate rescue mission strands Sophie in an abandoned barn that turns out to be Redwood Farm itself. Legal recognition of her inheritance at last secures Sophie's future on the land.

The supporting moments and relationships that shape Sophie's growth as a farmer.

Sophie acknowledges in a letter that writing to Abuelita is more like journaling since Abuelita cannot receive the letters.

Sophie spots a mysterious fast black animal running around the farm and wonders if it is dangerous for her chickens.

Sophie names the white chicken Henrietta and decides to keep the chicken's existence a secret from her parents for now.

Sophie asks Gregory the mailman about the ways different cultures send messages to the dead.

Sophie learns that Chris's mother culled Buffy's entire clutch of petrifying chicks because their powers were too dangerous to keep.

Sophie overhears Ms. Griegson giving expert chicken advice at the feed store and worries she would be a better caretaker.

Agnes's letter reveals she voluntarily gave the shapeshifting hawk-chicken to Ms. Griegson, deepening Sophie's confusion and distrust.

Sophie writes to Agnes insisting she will not give up Great-Uncle Jim's unusual chickens no matter how difficult they are.

Sophie lures the fast black chicken with sunflower seeds and watches it join her flock for the first time.

A feed store worker asks Sophie about glass eggs and reveals that Great-Uncle Jim used to sell them there for a dollar each.

Sophie learns from a feed store worker that Redwood Farm Supply has been out of business for years, deepening the mystery around Agnes.

Chris informs Sophie that Ms. Griegson already has the three remaining Speckled Sussex hens locked in a large coop on her farm.

Gregory advises Sophie that the safest way to protect her chickens from thieves is to make the whole community recognize them as hers.

Sophie writes her final letter to Agnes, thanking her and asking her to tell Abuelita that Sophie loves her and is doing well.

Hortensia James writes to Sophie asking where to send the rest of Agnes's unusual chickens, hinting at more to come.

Sophie's story is shaped by a series of pivotal moments that shift her understanding of herself, her family, and the magical world she has entered. From her philosophical conversations with Gregory about sending messages to the dead, to her fierce refusal to surrender Great-Uncle Jim's chickens, Sophie makes decisive choices that define her character. Discoveries about Ms. Griegson's motives, Agnes's connection to the hawk-chicken, and the long-abandoned state of Redwood Farm deepen the mystery and raise the stakes of Sophie's mission. Emotional turning points — luring Roadrunner into the flock, learning about the culled chicks, and reviving Abuelita's legacy through a migas recipe — show how grief and inheritance weave through her journey. The revelation that Agnes has been dead all along reframes the entire novel and brings Sophie's search for connection with her deceased relatives full circle. These events capture the internal and narrative turning points that make Sophie's transformation complete.