num_pages: 201
description: Tobin Mccauley's got a near-certifiable grandmother, a pack of juvenile-delinquent siblings, and a dad who's not going to win father of the year any time soon. To top it off, Tobin's only friend truly believes that the study of chickens will reveal...the meaning of life? Getting through seventh grade isn't easy for anyone, son, but when the first day of school starts out with your granny's arrest, you know you've got real problems. Throw on five-day suspension (for defending your English teacher's honor), a chicken that lays green eggs, and a family feud that's tearing everyone to pieces, and you're in for one heck of a ride.  With her remarkable ability to create characters you wish could be part of your life forever, Frances O'Roark Dowell introduces Tobin McCauley, Chicken Boy.
language: English
title: Chicken Boy
titlecomplete: Chicken Boy
genres: Childrens, Contemporary, Novels, Young Adult, School, Realistic Fiction, Juvenile, Fiction, Middle Grade, Family
ratings_count: 1327
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Middle School/Junior High, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Bronzener Lufti, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers