<br><b>“Exciting, funny, and occasionally heart-stopping … readers can stay home and dry, but feel like they are on the high seas.”—<i>BOOKLIST</i></b><br><br><b>A man and his chicken sail 45,000 nautical miles in this powerful story of following your dreams no matter what stands in your way.</b><br><br>When Guirec Soudée was 21 years old, he bought a 30-foot sailboat and set out across the Atlantic, despite having only sailed a dinghy before.<br><br>His only companion? His plucky pet hen, Monique.<br><br>Guirec never intended to sail the world with a chicken, but after reaching the Caribbean, he and Monique made for Greenland—and emerged from the pack ice 100 days later.<br><br>Their next goal? San Francisco. Then, Antarctica. But first, could they navigate the treacherous Northwest Passage? One thing was for sure: Monique would help her trusty skipper by laying an egg!<br><ul><li><b>Heart-stopping adventure story:</b> navigating treacherous icebergs