Chicken Boy
School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9
No. of pages 208
Published: 2008
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book features in the following series: Thorndike Literacy Bridge, Thorndike Literacy Bridge Middle Readers .
This book is aimed at children at US 5th grade-9th grade.
This book has been graded for interest at 10-14 years.
There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published in 2008 by Simon & Schuster .
Frances O Roark Dowell is the editor and co-founder of Dream/Girl, an arts magazine for girls and has been Poet in Residence at Duke University. She has had dozens of poems published in literary journals, and is the author of two previous children's novels, Dovey Coe and Where I'd Like to Be. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two sons.
This book is in the following series:
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Grand Canyon Reader Award - Intermediate
This book was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Grand Canyon Reader Award.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
This book was recognised by the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award.
Massachusetts Book Award
This book was recognised by the Massachusetts Book Award.
Rhode Island Book Awards
This book was recognised by the Rhode Island Book Awards.
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
This book was recognised by the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award.
Bluebonnet Award
This book was recognised by the Bluebonnet Award.
Sasquatch Award
This book was recognised by the Sasquatch Award.
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Grades 6-8
This book was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award.
South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award
This book was recognised by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award.
California Young Reader Medal - Middle School
This book was recognised in the Middle School category by the California Young Reader Medal.
* "This is a refreshingly well-written encounter with richly developed and well-defined characters whom readers won't soon forget." * School Library Journal, STAR *
* "...strong narration and the child's struggle with forgiveness make for poignant, aching drama." * Booklist, starred review *
* "Tobin's own blossoming, through friendship, and the rediscovery of his family, and the love for and of his chickens, is entirely satisfying-just right." * Kirkus Reviews, STAR *
