When eleven-year-old Don Schmidt wins a chicken-judging contest in his small town of Horse Island, Louisiana, and goes from outcast to instant celebrity, even his neglectful mother occasionally takes notice of him and eventually he discovers some shocking family secrets.
year: 2007, 2008
call number/section: 1000
subjects: chickens, juvenile fiction, dysfunctional families, secrets, country life, louisiana, fiction, louisiana, history, 20th century, juvenile fiction, fiction, large type books
Editions
Couvillon, Jacques
Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers (2007)
When eleven-year-old Don Schmidt wins a chicken-judging contest in his small town of Horse Island, Louisiana, and goes from outcast to instant celebrity, even his neglectful mother occasionally takes notice of him and eventually he discovers some shocking family secrets.
Schools: 4
Couvillon, Jacques
Thorndike Press (2008)
When eleven-year-old Don Schmidt wins a chicken-judging contest in his small town of Horse Island, Louisiana, and goes from outcast to instant celebrity, even his neglectful mother occasionally takes notice of him and eventually he discovers some shocking family secrets.
Schools: 1