Chickens on the Bus (Smartboys Club 9)

By Rebecca Shelley

In book 9 of the Smartboys Club, the Smartboys and girls meet a new neighbor who raises chickens and sells the eggs to earn grocery money. When the city tells his neighbor the chickens are against the law, Monkey takes a cue from Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. and leads a protest to get the law changed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wonder Realms Books
• Release date: Dec 5, 2013
• ISBN: 9781310368288

Rebecca Shelley

Rebecca Shelley writes a wide variety of books—everything from picture books to spy thrillers.She especially likes to write about fantasy creatures such as dragons and fairies.Her children’s books are written under the Rebecca Shelley name.Her thrillers and other books for adults are written under the R. L. Tyler pen name.She also has two books out under the R. D. Henham pen name—Red Dragon Codex and Brass Dragon Codex.

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Chickens on the Bus

Smartboys Club Book 9

Rebecca Shelley

Smashwords Edition

Copyright © 2013 Rebecca Shelley

Published by Wonder Realms Books

All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any print or electronic form without permission. Permission is hereby granted for educators and students to print pages from the Smartboys Club Secret Notebook for educational purposes.

All characters, places, and events in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual places or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Interior art: ch1, ch4, ch6 © Abby Goldsmith

Thank you note © Jagath Wijayaratne | Dreamstime.com

Policeman © A-papantoniou | Dreamstime.com

Soldiers © Николай Григорьев | Dreamstime.com

Chickens © Bing Zhou | Dreamstime.com

Baba Yaga house © Cccsss | Dreamstime.com

Scale © Dny3dcom | Dreamstime.com

MLK: Betsy Graves Reyneau (NARA record: 4772241)

Rosa Parks: Ca. 1955 USIA photo

The Smartboys Club

Book 1: Bees in My Butt

Book 2: We Flushed it Down the Potty

Book 3: I Took A Burp

Book 4: I Lost My Head

Book 5: My Stomach Explodes

Book 6: All I Got for Christmas

Book 7: To Monkey with Love. Yuck!

Book 8: Fantastic Park

Book 9: Chickens on the Bus

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: A New Neighbor

Chapter 2: Easter Egg Hunt

Chapter 3: Grocery Money

Chapter 4: Poultry and Livestock Prohibited

Chapter 5: You Can't Change the Law

Chapter 6: Monkey Has a Plan

Chapter 7: Civil Disobedience

Chapter 8: Chickens on the Bus

Chapter 9: Permit to Protest

Chapter 10: Freedom, Justice, and Chickens for All!

Chapter 11: Arrested

Chapter 12: Worse Than the Principal's Office

Secret Notebook

About the Author

Books by Rebecca Shelley

Chapter 1

A New Neighbor

Hi, my name's Monkey. You'll be glad to know the snow finally melted around here. Took it long enough. I thought spring would never come. But it did, so I finally got to walk my dog, Weasel.

His instruction manual says he can learn to heel like a regular dog. I've already taught him to sit, beg, roll over, and shake hands. And that's pretty good for a Robo-Real dog, not to mention a dachshund.

Vinny said she could hack into his system and reset his program to learn things instantly, but what's the point of that? I mean, he's supposed to act like a real dog, not a robot. Except no peeing on the carpet, barking at night, or chewing up my mom's shoes.

So I took Weasel for a walk, and that started one of the most difficult adventures of my life.

Spring sunshine glittered off the sidewalk as Weasel and I set out. I stayed off the soggy grass. The air still smelled like winter, and Weasel wiggled in my arms.

I snapped the leash on Weasel's collar and set him on the ground. He barked, twisted in a circle, grabbed the leash in his mouth, and ran around my legs, so when I tried to walk, I fell flat on my butt.

Weasel barked and licked my face.

No, Weasel! I