Status
Available
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Publication
Scholastic Inc.
Pages
83
Description
Marvin is pleased when his teacher asks him to take care of her dog while she's away, but he soon finds that there's more pressure involved than he likes.
Description
Marvin's friends think he's the luckiest boy in the world when their teacher Mrs. North asks him to dog-sit for a week. He gets $3 a day, plus a $4 bonus if nothing goes wrong. And he gets to be alone in Mrs. North's house! But soon it starts to look as if Marvin won't be getting his bonus.
Series
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
83 p.; 7.6 inches
ISBN
043910629X / 9780439106290
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Lexile
410L
User reviews
LibraryThing member ldvaupel
Marvin has to take care of the teacher's dog while she is away for one week. The dog doesn't want to eat anything. Marvin give the dog liver. The next day the dog is laying under the bed and is dead.
LibraryThing member AyannaMagee
This book is great because it shows that teachers are real people and have a life outside of school which children tend to believe isn’t true. The story also shows a boy who is responsible but unfortunately is in a position where his teacher’s old dog dies while in his care. Shows kids how he
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LibraryThing member AMaffett
This book would be great for teaching setting. Its also a very good book to get the older kids like 3rd and 4th grade interested in reading.
LibraryThing member learn2laugh
I think I'm done with this series for the boys. they are too old for it. This was cute and sappy.
LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
Would that more teachers were unafraid to relate to their students as human beings. I'm sure it still happens in some small towns, but I see another reviewer seems to think that highering" Marvin to dog-sit is 'inappropriate.' (Of course, I think that publishing before proofreading is
One of the more serious and sweet Redpost books. I like how Marvin neither condones Nick's misbehavior, nor shuns his friendship - it feels authentic, because, after all, nobody is perfect and so we'd be totally friendless if we refused to be friends with someone who isn't."
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inappropriate, but what do I know; it's been years since I taught.)One of the more serious and sweet Redpost books. I like how Marvin neither condones Nick's misbehavior, nor shuns his friendship - it feels authentic, because, after all, nobody is perfect and so we'd be totally friendless if we refused to be friends with someone who isn't."
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Awards
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 1998)
Call number
J3E.Sac