Make like a tree and leave / Paula Danziger.
By: Danziger, Paula
Material type: TextPublisher: [NY] : Puffin, 1998Description: 128 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 0698116860 (paperback); 9780698116863 (paperback)LOC classification: PZ 7 | .D36 1990Online resources: Amazon.com Summary: It's not easy being a sixth grader, particularly one with an ingenious knack for getting into trouble with his parents, teachers, and a line of picketing sixth-grade girls! Anyone who's ever spent time in time-out will appreciate the hilarious antics of this misunderstood pre-teen with a cause. Also in a fun, updated format sure to grab kids' attention! Matthew Martin is back--and this time he's planning to do an extra good job on his Egypt Unit Project. But things don't work out quite right when classmate Brian Bruno gets wrapped up in a lot of plaster gauze. Will Brian ever get out of the cast? Will Matthew ever get out of trouble? Danziger's novels are like cotton candy: they're fun and light, and children positively gobble them up. -- Publishers Weekly Readers are sure to appreciate the humor as well as the trials and tribulations of Matthew's further adventures. -- School Library Journal Very entertaining. -- Kirkus Reviews.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | The MUA Library South C campus - Children's Collection | PZ 7 .D36 1990 (Browse shelf) | Available | C2011-0311 |
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It's not easy being a sixth grader, particularly one with an ingenious knack for getting into trouble with his parents, teachers, and a line of picketing sixth-grade girls! Anyone who's ever spent time in time-out will appreciate the hilarious antics of this misunderstood pre-teen with a cause. Also in a fun, updated format sure to grab kids' attention! Matthew Martin is back--and this time he's planning to do an extra good job on his Egypt Unit Project. But things don't work out quite right when classmate Brian Bruno gets wrapped up in a lot of plaster gauze. Will Brian ever get out of the cast? Will Matthew ever get out of trouble? Danziger's novels are like cotton candy: they're fun and light, and children positively gobble them up. -- Publishers Weekly Readers are sure to appreciate the humor as well as the trials and tribulations of Matthew's further adventures. -- School Library Journal Very entertaining. -- Kirkus Reviews.
Ages 9-12.
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