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A Flying Birthday Cake

Sachar, Louis

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Random House

Just the Series: Marvin Redpost Vol. 6

Series and Publisher: Marvin Redpost

Annotation: Two days after Marvin sees a glowing green thing like a flying birthday cake in the night sky, his third-grade class is joined by a mysterious new boy with peculiar behavior.

Genre: [Humorous fiction] [Realistic fiction]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #191844

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Special Formats: Chapter Book

Publisher: Random House

Edition Date: 1999 Release Date: 09/21/99

Pages: 76 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 0-679-89000-9 Perma-Bound: 0-8000-8894-8

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-679-89000-3 Perma-Bound: 978-0-8000-8894-1

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 98007204

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
Extraterrestrial beings. Fiction.
Schools. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book (Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 CST 2000)

Marvin has forgotten about the UFO he thought he saw when a new kid named Joe Normal shows up at school. Readers will enjoy knowing that Joe is an alien while the characters don't--and they don't ever find out. Clipped sentences and short paragraphs are just right for new readers and for the story--a smart, funny twist on the new-kid theme, reminding us that everyone feels alienated at one time or another.

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Horn Book (Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 CST 2000)

Word Count: 7,245

Reading Level: 3.2

Interest Level: 2-5

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.2 / points: 1.0 / quiz: 31069 / grade: Lower Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:2.2 / points:4.0 / quiz:Q15750

Lexile: 570L

Guided Reading Level: M

Fountas & Pinnell: M

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.

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