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Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2019
I Was an Outer-Space Chicken
By David LaRochelle, Mike Gorman (Illustrator)
Part of the Alien Math series
Two friends must solve math puzzles to escape alien captors and return home.
3.1/5 Goodreads · 11 ratings
96 pages
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Bookroo's summary
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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The fine print
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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