Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission (23 page)
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Authors: Christopher Paul Curtis
Steven looked at his Oops-a-Daisy.
Russell looked at his Oops-a-Daisy.
Mr. Chickee looked at the sky.
Rodney Rodent looked at the woods.
Each was thinking the same thing: “This is turning out a lot worse than I ever imagined!”
And if they thought their adventure was going to be over soon, I'm sorry 'bout their luck!
CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS is the bestselling author of
Bud, Not Buddy
, winner of the New-bery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Medal, among many other honors, and most recently of
Mr. Chickee's Funny Money
(a companion to
Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission
) and
Bucking the Sarge
. His first novel,
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963
, was also singled out for many awards, among them a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor. Christopher Paul Curtis grew up in Flint, Michigan. After high school, he began working on the assembly line at Fisher Body Flint Plant No. 1 while attending the Flint branch of the University of Michigan, where he began writing essays and fiction. He is now a full-time writer.
Published by Wendy Lamb Books
an imprint of Random House Children's Books
a division of Random House, Inc.
New York
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of
the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living
or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright © 2007 by Christopher Paul Curtis
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Curtis, Christopher Paul.
Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission/Christopher Paul Curtis.
p. cm.
Summary: Flint Future Detective Club members Steve Carter and his friends Russell and
Richelle follow Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, into a mural to chase a demonic-looking
gnome, only to find the mysterious Mr. Chickee on the other side.
eISBN: 978-0-307-48846-6
[1. Gnomes—Fiction. 2. Dogs—Fiction. 3. African Americans—Fiction. 4. Flint
(Mich.)—Fiction. 5. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Title. II. Title: Mister Chickee's
Messy Mission.
PZ7.C94137Mrg 2007
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