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Smith, Jane Denitz

Charlie Is a Chicken

168 pp. | HarperCollins | October, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-06-027594-4 $$14.95
(4) 4-6 The price of friendship with popular fifth-grader Jessica is a high one for Maddie, but she can't resist the lure of being in Jessica's inner circle. On direction from Jessica, Maddie begins a campaign to humiliate her best friend, Charlie. While the story is plodding, both Maddie and Charlie are sympathetic characters; the themes of peer pressure and the changing nature of friendships will be familiar to middle-grade readers.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

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