I Was an Outer-Space Chicken
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Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2019

I Was an Outer-Space Chicken

Written by David LaRochelle · Illustrated by Mike Gorman

Part of the Alien Math series

Two friends must solve math puzzles to escape alien captors and return home.

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96 pages· 740L
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Best friends Lamar and Lexie, math enthusiasts, are abducted by an alien named Fooz. Mistaken for chickens, they prove their humanity through math. But their journey home is interrupted by capture from Bigfoot-like lumfurs. To escape, they must solve complex puzzles involving patterns and codes. Can their math skills save them?

From the publisher

When an alien named Fooz abducts Lamar and Lexie, the numbers-loving best friends prove they’re human by solving a tricky math problem. But before Foozcan get them home, the two are captured by lumfurs: Bigfoot-like creatures. In order to escape, Lamar and Lexie must use their math skills to find patterns, make estimates, and decipher codes. Will they succeed?

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
96
Reading age
9–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
740L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4.7
F&P level
~R
Publication
Published
July 1, 2019
First published
July 2, 2019
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781454929215

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