Marty McGuire (6 books in series)
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review 1: A great chapter book for the middle elementary crowd! Messner is so good at tight plotting, characterization, and hitting just the right tone for her readers. Both boys and girls will enjoy this second Marty McGuire book, and they don't need to have read the first one to enjoy th...
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review 1: I want my future child to be like Marty McGuire. Maybe without the worms.The second book with Marty, this one about Marty having to "save the world" with a class project. Some kids plant petunias, others work toward recycling, but Marty is thinking compost and worms, to predict...
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review 1: Abi read this in about a day. She loved it and thought it was really funny. She loved that Marty, the 3rd grade female protagonist, wasn't afraid to hold the frog. I have no idea what that references, but she loved it. This is a book on the "Chat-n-Chew" list for Abi's school (a ...
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review 1: This book is #1 in the series which my daughter and I had already started with a previous-read-aloud (#2 in the series), Marty McGuire Digs Worms!. I believe I liked MMDW better, however, but I think my daughter liked both equally. In this one, Marty is in 3rd grade and is assi...
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review 1: A book that is long enough for my 7 year old. I'm sick of her reading the books that are 68 pages and that she can finish in one sitting. This book is 162 pages and written ok. We liked the idea of a story about a compost pile since we have started one ourselves, but this book wa...
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review 1: Third-grader Marty McGuire is not a princessy sort of girl, so when her teacher casts her as the lead in The Frog Prince, she's understandably miffed. She doesn't want to twirl around the stage in a poofy dress. But when she blends her love of amphibians with her role in the pl...