The Missing Chick

The Missing Chick
Author: Valeri Gorbachev
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780763636760

When one of Mother Hen's chicks goes missing, a massive search begins as neighbors, firemen, and detectives all race to the scene to lend a helping hand in this colorfully illustrated picture book.

Case of the Missing Chick

Case of the Missing Chick
Author: Erica Frost
Publisher: Troll Communications
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1997-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780893750800

Harriet Hen and her friends go in search of her baby chick after her egg disappears from its nest.

Chick Chat

Chick Chat
Author: Janie Bynum
Publisher: NorthSouth Books
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2021-01-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0735844097

Friendship comes in all shapes and sizes. Peep, peep, peep! Baby Chick has a lot to say! Everyone in Chick’s family is too busy to chat with her. But when chatty baby Chick adopts a large egg—she finally finds a friend who is a good listener. When her egg goes missing, Chick is heartbroken, until she finds that it has hatched into a brand-new friend!

The Secret Zoo

The Secret Zoo
Author: Bryan Chick
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 006200316X

A fast-paced and exciting read for middle grade fantasy, mystery, and animal buffs. Something strange is happening at the Clarksville City Zoo. Late at night, monkeys are scaling the walls and searching the neighborhood—but what are they looking for? Noah, his sister Megan, and their best friends, Richie and Ella, live next door to the zoo. Megan is the first to notice the puzzling behavior of some of the animals. One day Megan disappears, and her brother and their friends realize it's up to them to find her. Their only choice is to follow a series of clues and sneak into the zoo. But once inside, they discover there's much more to the Clarksville City Zoo than they could ever have guessed... The author originally had the idea for The Secret Zoo when he was nine and wondered what would happen if zoo exhibits had secret doors that allowed kids to go inside—and the animals to come outside. He brings that sense of adventure and excitement to this story, making it a favorite for home and classroom reading along with such middle grade fantasy favorites as The One and Only Ivan.

Chick

Chick
Author: Christopher Blankley
Publisher: Five Bob Book Mob
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2018-04-02
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1370282370

Their words are like music to his ears. But not in a good way. The doctors call it Harmonic Dissociative Aphasia. Chick calls it hell. To him, everyone, everywhere sounds, as if they’’re talk-singing every word. It’’s enough to drive a guy insane, but it explains the headphones. Chick always wears the headphones, blocking out the noise of the world. They play nothing but silence, keeping the music out, not in. Seven years ago, Chick’’s wife, Beth, vanished. Gone. Some say she left him, moved to Seattle, to manage grunge bands, but Chick knows she was the last victim of the Wild Side Killer, one of half-a-dozen women killedd, up and down the I-5 corridor in the late 80’sEighties. But the Wild Side case has gone cold. The killer stopped in his rampage as suddenly as he began, leaving no clues behind. That’’s why Chick took the job at the county morgue. Forever vigilant. It doesn’’t hurt that his coworkers aren’’t too chatty. Dead silent, even. When the body of a young nurse is brought in, strangled, Chick is the first to realize she’’s a new, fresh victim of the Wild Side Killer. But the police have long since stopped listening to Chick’’s wild theories. Everyone has. Everyone except the young, college dropout, working at the local computer store. She’’s the first person to listen to Chick’’s wild theories in a long time.

Here a Chick, where a Chick?

Here a Chick, where a Chick?
Author: Suse MacDonald
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780439455947

In a picture book with text that echoes "Old MacDonald Had a Farm," flaps lift to reveal the hiding places of various animals on the farm, including a cow, geese, mice, and finally, many chicks.

The Missing Girl

The Missing Girl
Author: Shirley Jackson
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2018-02-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0241339294

' "Of course, no one would want to say anything about a girl like this that's missing..." ' Malice, paranoia and creeping dread lie beneath the surface of ordinary American life in these chilling miniature masterworks of unease. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

The Case of the Missing Chick

The Case of the Missing Chick
Author: Linda Waters
Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-10-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781625109569

Lucy has never spent time away from home or her mama. So when the opportunity arises to attend a summer camp for girls, Lucy is very reluctant to go. Prompted by her mama's assurances of fun and new friends, Lucy boards the bus that will take her to the summer camp. But when Lucy experiences homesickness during her first day at camp, she feels that her only alternative for returning home is by running away from the camp. Lucy not only encounters unforeseen problems on her venture, but a few unlikely friends! Will Lucy be able to find her way home? Or will she decide to stay at the summer camp?

The Girl in the Missing Poster

The Girl in the Missing Poster
Author: Barbara Copperthwaite
Publisher: Bookouture
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2021-02-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1786816946

MISSING – Have you seen this girl? Nineteen-year-old Leila Hawkins was last seen on 24 June, 1994, when she left her parents’ anniversary party early and ran into the stormy night wearing her twin sister Stella’s long red coat. She was never seen again. Stella holds the missing poster flat against the tree trunk and presses to make sure it’s secure. She tries not to look at the photograph on it. At the features so similar to hers. This time every year she decorates the small seaside town they grew up in with pictures of her beautiful missing twin. But after almost twenty-five years, is it even worth hoping someone will come forward? The last thing Stella ever expects is a direct response from the person who took Leila. Wracked with guilt about the secret she’s been keeping since the night of the party, and completely alone in the world without the other half of her, Stella agrees to his strange request: private, intimate details of her life in return for answers. But as the true events of the night of the party play out before her, Stella feels closer to Leila than she ever dreamed she’d be again – too close. Will it be too late before she realises she’s walked right into a deadly trap? Will she suffer the same fate as her sister? From the bestselling author of The Perfect Friend, this absolutely gripping psychological thriller will keep you up all night and leave you sleeping with the light on. If you loved Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and The Wife Between Us this book is for you! Everyone is talking about The Girl in the Missing Poster: ‘OMG… had me madly reading, hanging on to every word, frantically wanting to know what happened next. Boy oh boy, that ending!... Bloody brilliant!’ Nicki's Book Blog, 5 stars ‘You MUST read this… mind-blowing… truly astonishing… captivating, engrossing and riveting.’ Blue Pink Books, 5 stars ‘Blooming fantastic… superb… one hell of a rollercoaster ride.’ Beady Jans Books, 5 stars ‘OMG… emotional and gripping… will have you guessing until the very end… WOW… incredible… sure to have you on the edge of your seat… all the stars.’ Baker's Not So Secret Blog, 5 stars ‘Wow, and wow again. I really, really loved this… mind-blowing.’ Nicki’s Life of Crime, 5 stars ‘Hooked and completely gripped from the very first page to the unexpected twist that I definitely didn't see coming.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars ‘OMG!!!!!… Awesome. I loved, loved, loved that ending… a head-banger of a twist.’ Blue Moon Blogger, 5 stars ‘ALL THE STARS!… READ THIS BOOK!…*INSERT STANDING OVATION HERE*’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars

The Four Lost Chicks

The Four Lost Chicks
Author: Yvonne Angelastro
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2013-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1480802921

A little girl and her grandmother love sharing the daily ritual of feeding the animals on the family farm. One day, the girl's grandmother takes a handful of corn from her big apron pocket and scatters it on the ground. Together, they begin calling, "Come Chick! Chick! Chick!" As the roosters and hens come running, the grandmother notices something is different with one of the hens-Rosie is not her usual self. Rosie seems frightened, and she has only one of her chicks with her. Where have the other four chicks gone? As Grandma and the little girl walk around the farm, they soon realize that all the ducks, pigs, and goats seem to know something they are not telling. Sadly, the chicks are nowhere to be found. As they call and call, the grandmother and her granddaughter do not give up. They must find those chicks! This story takes children on a quest through the farm to find the answer to a puzzle so they can return four little chicks to their mama.