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The Chicken Doesn’t Skate
The Chicken Doesn’t Skate is a book about hockey and chickens. The author of the book is Gordon Korman, he also wrote other books like; The War With Mr. Wizzle and Hacdonald Hall Goes Hollywood. The way he wrote this book is interesting. Each chapter is from a different persons point of view. The book was written in 1998 and is a thriller and comedy. The book is about a chicken that started as a science project and then changed peoples friend. For some people it was there mascot, there school pet and for one person, dinner!
It all started when the science teacher, Ms. Baggio said that " There will be a science fair in a couple of weeks." All the children started to think about topics. Milo a seventh grader, decided to do his report on the food chain.
Milo went and adopted a chicken for his project. Milo had no friends because he just moved from California and was a science geek. He hoped by winning the Science Fair, he would find a friend that also likes science.
When Milo brought his chicken to school everyone loved it. They all named it Henrietta. Milo thought that to name a project was stupid. By the end of the day, everyone got attached to Henrietta. However Milo thought that everyone knew what happens at the end of his project. When Henrietta would be fully grown, Milo was going to serve her to the judges at the Science Fair. He warned everyone not to get attached to it, but they didn’t care what he had to say.
Adam Lurie, was in grade 8 but in grade 7 for science because he failed. He was also the captain for the Rangers hockey team had a difficult start at the start of there season; 0-5. They were the worst team in the league. A couple of days after Milo brought his chicken to school, Adam had to take care of her for the rest of the day. Walking home, after school, he remembered that he had a hockey game, and didn’t have time to go home and leave Henrietta , so he brought her with him to the game.
They won their first game. The team thought that it was because of Henrietta, so they decided to make her the new mascot. After that day, they started to win games with Henrietta.
Ms. Baggio made a list to help Milo with his project. Her idea was to let people sign up and take turns to look after Henrietta on the weekends. Milo didn’t like this idea because he wanted to study her for is project, not let people play with her.
Then something horrible happened; Henrietta got a cold!!! It was all because of Joey and Lynette. They are in the grade 8 and signed up to help with Henrietta. Joey only likes Henrietta because his a player on the Rangers. Lynette decides to have a party in her attic. The place got packed with about 60 teens. People stared [next page]