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Me and Marvin Gardens

Me and Marvin Gardens - Paperback

by Amy Sarig King
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Amy Sarig KingAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2019-03-26Pages:272
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Scholastic Inc.ISBN-13:9780545870764ISBN-10:545870763UPC:9780545870764Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Science & Nature, Social Themes, AnimalsBook Topic:Environment, FriendshipSize:7.50 x 5.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4Product ID:SC62ZMEHFV
The first middle-grade novel from YA superstar Amy Sarig (A. S.) King is a boy-meets-animal story like no other.

The first middle-grade novel from Amy Sarig (A. S.) King and a boy-meets-animal story like no other Washington Post Best Book of the YearA New York Public Library Best Book for KidsA Texas Bluebonnet Master List selectionObe Devlin has problems. His family's farmland has been taken over by developers. His best friend Tommy has abandoned him. And he keeps getting nosebleeds, because of that thing he doesn't like to talk about. So Obe hangs out at the nearby creek, in the last wild patch left, picking up trash and looking for animal tracks.One day, he sees a creature that looks kind of like a large dog. And as he watches it, he realizes it eats plastic. Only plastic. Water bottles, shopping bags... No one has seen a creature like this before. The animal--Marvin Gardens--becomes Obe's best friend and biggest secret. But to keep him safe, Obe must make a decision that might change everything.Featuring exclusive bonus content
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Scholastic Inc.ISBN-13:9780545870764ISBN-10:545870763UPC:9780545870764Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Science & Nature, Social Themes, AnimalsBook Topic:Environment, FriendshipSize:7.50 x 5.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4Product ID:SC62ZMEHFV

Amy Sarig King is the author of the middle grade titles Me and Marvin Gardens, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and The Year We Fell From Space, an ALSC Notable Children's Book. She has also published many critically acclaimed young adult novels under the name A. S. King, including Please Ignore Vera Dietz, which was named a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; Ask the Passengers, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Michael L. Printz Award winner and LA Times Book Prize finalist Dig; and SW/TCH. After many years farming abroad, she now lives back in southeastern Pennsylvania with her family. Visit her website at www.as-king.com and follow her on Twitter at @AS_King.


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