A Flying Birthday Cake? (Marvin Redpost Series #6)

by Louis Sachar, Adam Record (Illustrator)

Overview

This chapter book in Newbery Honor–winning and bestselling author Louis Sachar’s Marvin Redpost series offers a sidesplitting take on being the new kid at school.
 
When Marvin and Stuart sleep over at Nick Tuffle’s house for Nick’s birthday, they set up sleeping bags in the back yard. Stuart and Nick go right to sleep, but Marvin tosses and turns. Then he hears a noise and something glowing zooms over his head. Is it really a flying birthday cake? Or could it be something even more bizarre? The next day, a very strange new kid shows up at school….
 
Hilarious and relatable, Marvin Redpost is perfect for kids who love to bond with quirky characters like Junie B. Jones and George Brown, Class Clown.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780679890003
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	09/21/1999
Series:	Marvin Redpost: A Stepping Stone Book (TM) , #6
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.19(w) x 7.63(h) x 0.26(d)
Lexile:	460L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Louis Sachar is the bestselling author of the award-winning novel Holes, as well as Small Steps, The Cardturner, Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake, There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom, The Boy Who Lost His Face, Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes, and the rest of the Marvin Redpost series, among many others. Visit him at louissachar.com.

Editorial Reviews

The fertile imagination and laconic style that Sachar employed to great affect in Holes work equally well for this latest volume in an often-brilliant series...Clipped sentences and short paragraphs are not only just right for new readers, they're just right for the story—-a smart, funny twist on the new-kid theme...

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