Chicken Sunday is a contemporary story of unlikely friendships that develop in the mulit-cultural neighborhood where Patricia, the main character, lives. After her own Russian Babushka died, she "adopted" Miss Eula, an older African American woman, as her grandmother. Miss Eula is also Winston and Stewart's grandmother, too. Winston, Stewart and Patricia are best friends. Because Miss Eula is so good to them, more than anything else, they want to buy her the Easter bonnet she has longed for. However, they don't have enough money to buy the hat. They devise as plan to earn the money that involves Mr. Kodinski, the hat store owner who they think is mean and strange. Their plan fails through when Mr. Kodinksi falsely accuses them of throwing eggs at his shop. He calls and tells Miss Eula what the children have done. Through this unfortunate incident, the children come up with an idea to prove their innocence and earn the money needed for the hat. In the process, they get to know Mr. Kodinksi, and he becomes a good friend to them.