Marty McGuire Has Too Many Pets! - Hardcover

Messner, Kate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 054553559X ISBN 13: 9780545535595

Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2014

Synopsis

Marty McGuire really has her hands full this time -- with a lazy boa, a hyper hamster, and a potty-mouthed parrot! Is her pet sitting business about to go OUT of business?

After visiting a sanctuary for retired lab chimpanzees, Marty wants to follow in the footsteps of her idol Jane Goodall and help with their care. But "adopting a chimp" is expensive, so Marty and her third-grade pals hatch a plan to raise money by holding a talent show at school and opening a pet-sitting business in Marty's basement. It turns out that each pet has a personality of its own, and wrangling them is much harder than Marty expected. How will Marty keep her latest great idea from going to the dogs?

About this title

About the Author:

Kate Messner is the author of THE BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z., winner of the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers; SUGAR AND ICE; EYE OF THE STORM; CAPTURE THE FLAG; SEA MONSTER'S FIRST DAY; OVER AND UNDER THE SNOW; and the Marty McGuire chapter book series. A former middle-school English teacher, Kate lives on Lake Champlain with her family and loves reading, walking in the woods, and traveling. Visit her online at www.katemessner.com.

Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of MOONSHOT: THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 11 and LIGHTSHIP, both Sibert Honor Books. He has illustrated Avi's award-winning Poppy series and, most recently, Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan's BALLET FOR MARTHA: MAKING APPALACHIAN SPRING. Brian grew up in Texas and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Find him online at www.brianfloca.com.

From Booklist:

In this third chapter book in the well-regarded Marty McGuire series, Marty persuades her teacher to turn the class talent show into a benefit for the nearby Great Ape Sanctuary. Wanting to raise more money but reluctant to ask her parents for help, Marty starts a clandestine pet-sitting service in her basement. Disaster strikes when both Bitsy the six-foot python and Houdini the gerbil escape. Messner makes the most of Marty’s story with a nicely differentiated cast of empathetic characters and plenty of dramatic range. The line-and-gray-wash illustrations by Caldecott Medal–winning artist Floca capture moments of anxiety, despair, and happiness with equal grace. Grades 2-4. --Carolyn Phelan

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 054553559X
• ISBN 13: 9780545535595
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176
• Illustrator: Floca Brian