Don Schmidt knows his name has changed from Stanley, and he believes he had a sister and she died of scarlet fever when she was fifteen, but these and other details of Don's life don't quite add up. Don's family lives on a chicken farm in Horse Island, where his mother would prefer not to be. At school Don is known as 'new kid' even though he hasn't been new for years. And when Don becomes a true connoisseur of chickens and wins the Horse Island Chicken-Judging Contest, he is an instant celebrity, setting into motion a chain of events that involves his parents, the chickens and a deep dark family mystery.

For fans of the novel Holes as well as the films Napoleon Dynamite and Little Miss Sunshine, this is an enchanting novel. A must-read for everyone who is rooting for the under-dog.

Paperback
02-04-2008
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
9780747589303
198 x 129 mm
336