Beak to the Future
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2025 · Est. 54 min read

Beak to the Future

Written & illustrated by Tom Angleberger

Part of the Two-Headed Chicken series

A two-headed chicken races through time and space, dodging a shape-shifting moose and bizarre universes.

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208 pages· 6,364 words· Est. 54 min read
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Join a two-headed chicken on a wild chase through the multiverse, dodging dinosaurs, werewolves, and a relentless moose. With the Timecap™ as their guide, they navigate broccoli-like timestreams, encountering quirky characters like a mustachioed fish and poet Emily Dickinson. As they search for the lost Astrocap™, every leap brings unexpected challenges and zany adventures. Will they outsmart their archenemy, Kernel Antlers, and find their way home? Dive into a world of humor, puzzles, and surprises where anything is possible, and you might just become part of the story.

From the publisher

The two-headed chicken is back, with twice the adventure, twice the jokes, and a lot more heads (wait, did they just accidentally turn into a double-headed space snake?). Having lost the Astrocap(TM) somewhere in the multiverse, our intrepid hero dons the Timecap(TM) to scour the timestream, which looks a lot like broccoli, in search of it. But danger and drama await with every time-hopping POOZB! of the Timecap(TM), including hungry dinosaurs, fierce werewolves, poet Emily Dickinson, a fish with a mustache who wants to talk about feelings, and even the return of the chicken’s archenemy, Kernel Antlers, the shape-shifting moose! With lively art and quirky nods to history and literature, readers will be swept along for oodles of zany escapades–and brought into the book itself through games, puzzles, drawing activities, and even as a vital character. Tom Angleberger’s absurdist humor shines on every page of this nonstop ride.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
208
Words
6,364
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
~479L
Themes & topics
Books about dinosaursBooks about spaceBooks about changing historyBooks about alternate universesBooks about humor
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
3.2
F&P level
~M
AR points
1
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
555682
Publication
Published
September 12, 2023
First published
October 7, 2025
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781536223224

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