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Sachar, Louis

Marvin Redpost: A Flying Birthday Cake?

76 pp. | Random | September, 1999 | Library ISBN 0-679-99000-3 $$11.99 | Paper ISBN 0-679-89000-9 $$3.99
(1) 1-3 Stepping Stone series. 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.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2000

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