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01844aam a2200325 i 4500 001 C643141EE4DA11E99FA2294397128E48 003 SILO 005 20191002010520 008 190617s2019 nyua c 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1454929219 020 $a 9781454929215 040 $a PABRO $b eng $e rda $c PABRO $d SILO 050 4 $a PZ7.L3234 $b Iwa 2019 082 04 $a [Fic] $2 23 100 1 $a LaRochelle, David, $e author. 245 10 $a I was an outer-space chicken / $c by David LaRochelle ; illustrated by Mike Gorman. 264 1 $a New York : $b Sterling Children's Books, $c [2019] 300 $a 96 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm. 490 0 $a Alien math ; $v book number 1 520 $a Best friends Lamar and Lexie love math-and, in this first book in the Alien Math series, their skills come in handy when they're abducted by an extraterrestrial named Fooz. Fooz, unfamiliar with Earth life, mistakes the children for chickens . . . until Lamar and Lexie prove they're human by solving a tricky math problem. Fooz agrees to take them home, but on a side trip to a nearby planet to refuel, the two are captured by lumfurs, creatures that resemble Bigfoot. In order to escape and return to Fooz's ship and subsequently Earth, Lamar and Lexie must solve problems that require finding patterns, making estimates, and deciphering codes. Can the children pass the test and get home again? 650 0 $a Human-alien encounters $v Juvenile fiction. 650 1 $a Human-alien encounters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Problem solving $v Juvenile fiction. 650 1 $a Problem solving $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mathematics $v Juvenile fiction. 650 1 $a Mathematics $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Gorman, Mike, $e illustrator. 941 $a 1 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012014337.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C643141EE4DA11E99FA2294397128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search