Marty McGuire

A fun, accessible chapter-book debut from an exciting new talent--simultaneous hardcover-paperback launch

Marty McGuire would rather spend recess catching frogs in the pond than playing dress-up with the other girls in third grade. So when her teacher casts Marty as the princess in the class play, Marty's absolutely, positively sure that there's been a huge mistake. But after a special lesson in the art of improvisation, Marty comes up with her OWN plan to IMPROVE the play: Why use stuffed-animal frog onstage when a live one would be so much better? In the end, Marty's one-of-a-kind performance makes for an unforgettable show. Maybe Marty CAN live happily ever after, after all

Author: Kate Messner
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Published: 05/01/2011
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.20w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780545142465
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 143862 / Marty McGuire


Award: Nutmeg Book Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2011
Booklist 06/01/2011 pg. 86
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2011 pg. 363 - Recommended, Satisfactory
School Library Journal 12/01/2011

About the Author
Kate Messner is the author of The Seventh Wish; All the Answers; The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z., winner of the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers; Capture the Flag, an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner; Hide and Seek; Manhunt; and the Ranger in Time and 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 katemessner.com.
Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Medal-winning book Locomotive. He also wrote and illustrated Lightship and Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, both Sibert Honor Books, and illustrated Avi's Poppy Stories series as well as Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan's Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, also a Sibert Honor Book. Brian grew up in Texas and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Find him online at www.brianfloca.com.