How to Fry Chicken & Ditch the Nightlight

By Shelley Powers

There's nothing in the dark that isn't there in the light.

Ten-year-old April Ellis is spending a week of her summer in Collins, Mississippi, with relatives she hardly knows.

Between eccentric characters, fried chicken lessons, and run-ins with the neighborhood troublemakers, April has plenty to navigate. But the hardest challenge of all?

Facing the dark-and the fears that come with growing up.

Full of humor, heart, and food you can almost taste, How to Fry Chicken & Ditch the Nightlight explores how a girl far from home discovers belonging, bravery, and the truth that there's nothing in the dark that isn't there in the light.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GFY44WZM
• ISBN13: 9798993811925
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Creekline House
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 6