Charlie Is a Chicken

by Jane Denitz Smith

When she falls under the influence of boy-hating, snobbish Jessica, fourth grader Maddie is manipulated into turning on her best friend Charlie and joins Jessica in sending him spiteful anonymous notes in school

Genres: Realistic Fiction, Friendship

168 pages, Paperback

First published September 18, 1998

About the author

Jane Denitz Smith was born in Allentown, PA, and graduated from Clark University. Her first book, Mary, By Myself, was hailed as "an impressive first novel from a promising new author" by Horn Book Magazine. She is also the author of Charlie is a Chicken published by HarperCollins. An English teacher and mother of three children, Ms. Smith lives in Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Waffle...♥ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked up this book for only this one reason: It has a the word 'chicken' on it. Yea, I know I'm wierd. But I was pretty bored that day and I was intrested on why this kid was called a chicken. I didn't expect to like this this much to my surpise it did! To me it was very touching and I even cried! I pretty much forgot when I read this and what it was about. Something about 'goodies' as well along with notes. I also remember I liked Charlie... he's awesome! I don't think if I re-read this book I'd like it as much compared to all those awesome books I've read. But at some point this book had touched me deeply... :)

[Sylvia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Boy's struggle with nasty notes from peers.