Illus. in black-and-white. Marvin’s friends think he’s the luckiest boy inthe world when his teacher asks him to dog-sit for a week. He gets to be alonein Mrs. North’s house! But pretty soon it starts to look as if Marvin is not solucky after all….”This title will lure the most reluctant readers, who willbe as glad to make Marvin’s acquaintance as his old fans will be to greet a newadventure.”– “Bulletin, Center for Children’s Books. “
Louis Sachar is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Holes, which won the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Christopher Award, as well as Stanley Yelnats’ Survival to Camp Green Lake; Small Steps, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award; and The Cardturner, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, a Parents’ Choice Gold Award recipient, and an ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book. His books for younger readers include There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom, The Boy Who Lost His Face, Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes, and the Marvin Redpost series, among many others.
Adam Record started doodling on a bench in church and now gets inspired by old children’s books and vintage posters. He lives in Utah with his wife and three children.
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