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The Chicken Dance (Paperback)

by Jacques Couvillon (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (5 Jan 2010)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1599903318
  • ISBN-13: 978-1599903316
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, 22 Aug 2007
By TeensReadToo "Eat. Drink. Read. Be Merrier." (All Over the US & Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Chicken Dance (Hardcover)
How do you go from being an unknown in Horse Island to becoming famous? It's simple -- win a chicken judging contest. The minimum age for entering the contest has been lowered to eleven this year. Don Schmidt sees this as his opportunity to become more well-known and to make a difference in his normal ho-hum life. He rents all kinds of different books from the library and becomes a chicken "expert."

The chicken judging contest is only the beginning of the many changes in Don's life. He lives with his Mother and Father; they don't want him to ever call them Mom and Dad. They are an unusual family who always eat TV dinners. Mother even surprises Father and Don when having a dinner party, but it is quite a hassle getting all the potatoes out of those foil trays. Don is caught looking at some papers in his parents' room, and finds out that his real name is Stanley. Mother and Father are always talking about his sister Dawn, who disappeared around the time that Don was born. Don is always living in her shadow. No mention of whether she is dead or was kidnapped intrigues Don, so he decides to go search for
her.

Don does such a great job at judging chickens that he is chosen to attend the regional chicken judging event in Baton Rouge. He learns from a dancer that Dawn has been seen dancing at a club in the same town. He enlists the help of one of his friends and the boys set out on the streets and find her. Its one discovery after another while on the trail of Dawn.

This is a very exciting book with its many twists and turns. There is a certain amount of mystery involved as well as an intriguing storyline with often times very humorous portions. This is a must-read for those tweens who enjoy a story where an ordinary boy makes himself known and sets his boring life on a more exciting track. This book would definitely be enjoyed by girls as well as boys, though. There will be portions where you will be cackling with laughter. You will never do "the chicken dance" the same way again.

Reviewed by: Lori P.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Chicken Dance, 10 Feb 2009
This review is from: Chicken Dance (Paperback)
I'd heard about this book on Radio 4 and was intrigued by the comments. The reviewers had commented that the book began very well but seemed to loose the impetus in the middle pages then almost redeem itself towards the latter part of the book. I found myself agreeing with every word I had heard. The early pages made me laugh, the middle section I found stodgy, the conclusion was good and maybe if I was of the age group at which this is aimed I might have enjoyed it all the more. If the reader is a quick reader I'd recommend this book but is a ponderous reader I wonder if s/he would continue to the end?
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