weird kids book about 3 boys, two of them tie the 3rd one to a tree and accidentally kills him. I think the one that does the killing ends up jumping off of a bridge and we think there is a headless chicken named "Chuck"

[Don]

We are looking for a book about 3 boys, two of them tie the 3rd one to a tree and accidentally kills him. I think the one that does the killing ends up jumping off of a bridge and we think there is a headless chicken named "Chuck"

It was written in the 70s or 80s. ChatGPT said it was "Pluck" by Margaret Bechard but I don't see a book by that name and Margaret's books don't seem that weird.

Any ideas? Rough ideas are fine, I don't mind doing the research, I have just been stumped.

[Rainbowheart]

When did you read it?

Were the boys teenagers or younger children?

[SBC]

From what I understand, ChatGPT is not a search engine, it is just designed to generate text so it will make things up.

There's a book called Chalk by Paul Cornell about a boy who is tied to a tree by bullies, but it's quite recent, and I haven't read it so I'm not 100% sure of the plot.

EDIT: Sorry, I looked over your pub date of 70s/80s so it won't be that!