“Setting up a chicken race is pretty easy, actually. You need a start line (Birdie’s hoe) and a finish line (my hoe) and two chickens that you hold onto, patting gently, until you say ready set go and then you’re allowed one little push, and that’s all.”

Charlie Anne

Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers

  • A Parent's Choice Silver Medalist

  • ASTAL RI Book of the Year

  • Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year

  • Mainely Girls Maine Middle School Reading List

  • Amelia Bloomer List of Best Feminist Books for Young Readers

  • 30 Best Books For Young Activists in Training - YA Resists, sponsored by PEN USA

  • American Historical Novel Society, Editor's Choice

  • Nutmeg (CT) State Masterlist

Reviews

★ “Good humor, kindness and courage triumph in this warm, richly nuanced novel that cheers the heart like a song sweetly sung.”

  • Kirkus, starred review

★ “Charlie Anne’s voice… resonates”

  • School Library Journal, starred review