# Fowl Play

**Author:** Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 288
**Genre:** Middle Grade Mystery
**ISBN-13:** `9780063274051`
**ISBN-10:** `0063274051`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/fowl-play
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A funny, heartwarming middle-grade mystery: when Chloe Alvarez unexpectedly inherits her late Uncle Will's African grey parrot, Charlie, the talkative bird becomes the key to investigating his suspicious death — and to discovering the healing power of family. From award-winning author Kristin O'Donnell Tubb; a 2026 Colorado Children's Book Award junior-book nominee.

## Themes

- mystery
- family
- grief

## Where this book is assigned

### Colorado Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Colorado — [source: Colorado Children's Book Award 2026 Junior Book Nominee List](https://www.ccira.org/colorado-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Colorado — [source: Colorado Children's Book Award 2026 Junior Book Nominee List](https://www.ccira.org/colorado-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Colorado — [source: Colorado Children's Book Award 2026 Junior Book Nominee List](https://www.ccira.org/colorado-childrens-book-award)

### Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Oklahoma — [source: 2026 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List (Oklahoma Library Association)](https://www.oklibs.org/page/Childrens_Sequoyah_Masterlist_2026)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Oklahoma — [source: 2026 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List (Oklahoma Library Association)](https://www.oklibs.org/page/Childrens_Sequoyah_Masterlist_2026)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Oklahoma — [source: 2026 Children's Sequoyah Book Award Master List (Oklahoma Library Association)](https://www.oklibs.org/page/Childrens_Sequoyah_Masterlist_2026)

### Sunshine State Young Readers Award

- **recommended** · 6th grade · Florida — [source: Sunshine State Young Readers Award 2025-2026 Master List (Grades 6-8)](https://www.floridamediaed.org/ssyra-6-8.html)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Florida — [source: Sunshine State Young Readers Award 2025-2026 Master List (Grades 6-8)](https://www.floridamediaed.org/ssyra-6-8.html)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Florida — [source: Sunshine State Young Readers Award 2025-2026 Master List (Grades 6-8)](https://www.floridamediaed.org/ssyra-6-8.html)

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