Rating: Needs Parent Supervision

Reading Level: Middle school

A extremely wacky sci-fi tale about a two-headed chicken zipping through time.

Possible Concerns:

  • Time travel where every decision creates a problem mixing up time. It seems theologically incorrect to me, but maybe there is a way it fits with Biblical theology where God is Lord over it all.
  • Age of the earth. Conservatives on the age of the earth will not like a reference to millions of years.
  • Humanism. A fish says, “The answers are in your heart.”
  • Name Calling. “Dum dums”
  • Potty humor. The chicken poops on buildings. The authoe even warns you that it’s potty humor and makes fun of how it might be too much.
  • Bleeped Curses. “None of your !?#% business!”
  • Potty humor. Poop jokes
  • Biblical satire. A parody of the story of Adam and Eve. I’m not sure if it’s irreverent or just funny. You need to decide for your family
  • Body humor. Discussion of the fig leaf not covering everything in the Adam/Eve story.

Things I liked:

  • Making good-natured fun of Magic: The Gathering card game.
  • A brilliant pencil mini-mini golf game that looks fun while waiting for food at restaurants.
  • It’s just so darn funny in some places.

This is a tough one to rate. I laughed out loud a few times, but I’m also not sure if everything is age appropriate for young kids (or anyone). I bumped the age up to Middle school. Some people might not like or approve this book; others will think it is hilarious.

A safer choice is Angleberger’s Inspector Flytrap books, or his DJ Funkyfoot book, Butler for Hire.