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The Chicken Doesn’t Skate Book Review “The Chicken Doesn’t Skate“ is a young adult’s novel written by Gordon Korman. This is the second book that I have read by Gordon Korman, the first being “Swindle”. I read “Swindle” while in 8th grade, and I thoroughly enjoyed both books. Both of these books were sports themed. This book should be recommended for grades 4 to 7. In “The Chicken Doesn’t Skate” the main characters of the novel are Zach Gustafson, “loser” (according to Adam) and avid screenplay writer. Adam Lurie the star hockey player at South Middle School and seventh grade science flunky. Milo Neal is the science nerd who just moved to Minnesota from California with his mother. Milo is the son of a famous scientist Victor Neal …show more content…

Baggio announces the upcoming science fair, Milo decides this is a good way to make some friends. So he plans to win the fair by showing the life cycle of a chicken. He adopts a pet chicken and begins to bring it to school, all the other students fall in love with it. They endear it with the name Henrietta. Milo is reluctant and warns them not to grow attached because once it’s grown at the fair it will be fed to the judges. One day after Adam is given the task to take care of Henrietta he realizes he won’t have time to take her home before his hockey game. The South Middle School Rangers hockey team is 0-5 and in last place in the league. Adam brings her to the game and miraculously the Rangers win. The team attributes this to Henrietta being there so they name her the unofficial mascot. The team then rips off a winning streak and is in contention. Ms. Baggio tasks other students with caring for Henrietta which eventually results in her getting sick. While sick Henrietta can’t go to the games so the team suffers a long losing streak. Henrietta soon recovers in time for the team to begin winning. But then everyone at the school learns what Henrietta’s fate will be after the science fair. Everyone is very upset about this because they’ve grown to love the chicken and so protests begin and it gets very serious. After the winning streak continues the South Middle School Rangers win their state game and are then tasked with facing a very tough Canadian

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