Gowie Corby Plays Chicken (ISBN 9780571114054) is a children's novel by Gene Kemp

Gene Kemp

Gene Kemp Nee Rushton is a British author best known for her children's books. Her first novel, The Pride of Tamworth Pig was published in 1972. She won The Other Award in 1977 and the UK Carnegie Medal in 1978 for The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler ...

, set at the fictional Cricklepit Combined primary school in southern England

Southern England

Southern England, the South and the South of England are imprecise terms used to refer to the southern counties of England bordering the English Midlands. It has a number of different interpretations of its geographic extents. The South is considered by many to be a cultural region with a distinct...

. It was published in 1979.

Plot

Gowie hates school. He bullies Heather and makes an enemy of the football team. What is Gowie hiding? Who will save Gowie from himself? His life changes forever when Rosie Lee comes to live next door. He starts to take interest in school.