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| The hockey team is in a serious slump until Milo's chicken goes from science fair exhibit to team mascott throwing the school into a hullabaloo. "Genuinely funny." — Booklist |
From Organization / 国外机构评价: |
| From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6-Prolific Korman once again successfully employs his tried-and-true formula: zany situations; a fast pace; likable, well-drawn characters; contemporary dialogue; and lots of humor. In this current offering, he combines several unlikely sixth-graders from Minnesota's South Middle School, including a hotshot hockey star; an animal-rights activist steeped in pop psychology; a computer nerd who writes slimy, bloody screenplays; and a young scientist trying to fit into a new school as well as impress his Nobel Prize-winning scientist father. When a chicken named Henrietta, the key component of Milo Neal's science-fair project on food chains, also becomes the hockey team's mascot and only chance at winning the championship, conflict ensues. Feelings escalate when the students realize that Milo's plan for completing the link in the chain actually involves fried chicken, and a series of highly improbable but very funny events occur. That computer nerd Zach, who has never been on the team, is discovered to be an awesome goalie is perhaps the biggest stretch of all, and yet perfect in the context of the book. Similarly, the resolution is neat, pat, and yet satisfying. Told from alternating first-person perspectives that nicely reveal lots about each character, the novel is sure to appeal to Korman's many fans who are willing to suspend disbelief for a rollicking story.
Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Gr. 4^-6. The South Middle School Rangers hockey team is in a serious slump until a wayward chicken named Henrietta, who belongs in a cage in Mrs. Baggio's science room, finds itself sitting on the Rangers' bench. A mascot is born. But Henrietta, the key ingredient in Milo Neal's science-fair project, "The Complete Life Cycle of a Link in the Food Chain," has a date with destiny. Milo plans to eat Henrietta on the floor of the science fair, thus completing his link in the food chain. Using alternating first-person narrators, Korman tells the hilarious story of how a group of kids with little in common--the hockey star, the class dweeb, the animal-rights activist--are thrown together in the hullabaloo over Henrietta's fate. Korman has the voices of these middle-school kids down cold; the silly chicken humor works because the kids' reactions--their 12-year-old cynicism, their pubescent ruthlessness, their oh-so-carefully-hidden vulnerability--are as real as the main plot is outrageous. This is a genuinely funny, refreshingly unpretentious novel. Bill Ott --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
Foreign Customer Review / 国外客户评价: |
| A humorous story about a chicken named Henrietta and the hockey culture of an American elementary school. Milo Neal, son of scientist Victor Neal, raises a specimen for a science project about the life cycle. The entire class and hockey team becomes involved in caring for Henrietta, adopting her as mascot and hero. Everyone is outraged to learn that Milo's final step will be to sacrifice the specimen for his experiment. Henrietta is kidnapped and attends a hockey game against a winning Canadian team. Henrietta brings victory on the ice and then escapes in a flurry from the rink to the school's exhibit hall, flying right into the arms of Milo Neal. What will be her fate? It is well written with the usual humor, excitement and crazy antics that can be expected of Korman. The reader is drawn into the story, knows the characters and worries for the chicken's life. Chapter entries are written from varying points of view, including: Adam Lurie (team captain), Zachary Gustafson (student and writer), Milo Neal (Henrietta's owner), Mrs. Baggio (science teacher), Joey Sorrrentino (hockey player), Kelly Marie Ginsberg (student and want to be psychologist) and Coach Crenshaw. The title should appeal to a middle elementary school audience. |
About the Author / 作者介绍: |
| Gordon Korman has written more than fifty middle-grade and teen novels. Favorites include the New York Times #1 bestseller The 39 Clues: One False Note, The Juvie Three, Son of the Mob, Born to Rock, and Schooled. Though he didn't play football in high school, Gordon's been a lifelong fan and season ticket holder. He says, "I've always been fascinated by the 'culture of collision' in football and wanted to explore it-not just from the highlight films but from its darker side as well." Gordon lives with his family on Long Island, New York. |
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