Looking for Bobowicz a Hoboken chicken story - Pinkwater, Daniel Manus 1941- (HarperCollins, 2004)
Upon moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, a boy convinces his two new friends to help him track down the mysterious phantom who stole his bicycle, as well as Arthur Bobowicz, owner of a giant chicken that once terrorized local citizens. -- Ages 8-12. -- Grades 3-7.