Marty McGuire Digs Worms!

Name: Marty McGuire Digs Worms!
Brand: Scholastic Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Kate Messner
ISBN: 9780545477628

Author: Kate Messner

Narrator: Cassandra Morris

Unabridged: 2 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books

Published: 04/01/2012

Categories: Children's Fiction, Science & Nature Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

A funny, accessible chapter-book series about an irrepressible third grader.A funny, accessible chapter-book series about an irrepressible third grader.Marty McGuire's third-grade class has a special assignment: Save the Earth! Even more exciting, the best project wins a special award. Marty's pretty sure her classmates' ideas won't stand a chance against her plan to turn the garbage from the school cafeteria into fertilizer. All she needs is a little help from her teammate and best friend, Annie--and the worms in her grandma's garden. But it turns out that worms are awfully SLOW eaters. And when the critters escape, the whole class starts grumbling. Can Marty save the Earth without losing her friends?

About Kate Messner

Kate Messner is the author of The Seventh Wish; All the Answers; The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z., winner of the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers; Capture the Flag, an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner; Hide and Seek; Manhunt; and the Ranger in Time and Marty McGuire chapter book series. A former middle-school English teacher, Kate lives on Lake Champlain with her family and loves reading, walking in the woods, and traveling. Visit her online at katemessner.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on March 12, 2012

Let's cross our fingers that there will be a book three. :)......more

Goodreads review by Paul on March 12, 2012

I remember reading Marty McGuire in my Disney hotel room in November of 2010 (and hardly being able to stand not coming right out to say how much I loved that book because it was a May release). Upon returning home from the Michigan Reading Association conference yesterday, I found an envelope from......more

Goodreads review by katsok on March 12, 2012

Aw, man, I adore Marty! I read the first book last spring and knew Kate was on to something. What a fun book that is accessible for some of my lower readers - and yet one they would still want to read! I was delighted when I heard there was a second volume being created. (And I hope this is the seco......more

Goodreads review by Colby on March 13, 2012

I LOVE Marty McGuire. I know a book is gread, when I start thinking about sharing it with my own personal children. I cannot wait to share Marty with my 1 and 3 year old daughters. Characters like Marty McGuire are why fiction matters.......more