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The Trouble with Chickens

The Trouble with Chickens: A J.J. Tully Mystery

By Doreen Cronin

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Grades 2 - 4

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 3.3

Lexile Measure®: 570L

DRA: 30

Guided Reading: N

Type of Book: Chapter Book

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  • Comedy and Humor
  • Mystery and Suspense

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  • Cleverness
  • Farm and Ranch Animals

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Humor Abounds in This Hard-Boiled Country CaperA whodunit that will keep readers guessing until the end, this witty farmyard mystery stars a canine detective and a family of crazy chickens that desperately need his help.J.J. Tully is supposed to be enjoying peaceful retirement on a farm, but it's a hard adjustment after seven adrenaline-filled years as a search-and-rescue dog, until his simple life on the farm is turned upside down when two chicks go missing. Moosh, the mother hen, is left with a ransom note and comes to J.J. Tully for help. After negotiating a hamburger out of the deal, J.J. takes the case. But things are not what they seem, and no one is telling the whole truth. Let the bird-brained hunt for the lost peeps begin!

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Doreen Cronin
Doreen Cronin was a practicing attorney in Manhattan when her first book Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type became a publishing success.
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