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Marvin Redpost : kidnapped at birth?

Format:

Book

Title:

Marvin Redpost : kidnapped at birth?

Other title(s):

Kidnapped at birth?

Author:

Sachar, Louis, 1954- author

ISBN:

9780553535402

Publication:

New York : Random House, [2015]

Physical Description:

68 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Series title(s):

Marvin Redpost series ;

Number in series:

#1.

General Note:

"A Stepping Stone book."

Originally published in 1992.

Includes excerpt for Marvin Redpost: why pick on me? in unnumbered pages at end of work.

Summary:

Red-haired Marvin is convinced that the reason he looks different from the rest of his family is that he is really Robert, the lost prince of Shampoon. The story is wonderfully logical and absurd, with a wit and attention to detail rare in an easy reader.

Reading Level:

Ages 6-9.

F & P Text Level: M.

Subject(s):

Redheads -- Juvenile fiction.

Princes -- Juvenile fiction.

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

Humorous stories.

Redheads -- Fiction.

Princes -- Fiction.

Family life -- Fiction.

Genre:

Humorous fiction.

Juvenile works.

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Summary

Summary

This chapter book series by Newbery Honor-winning and bestselling author Louis Sachar features one hilariously overactive imagination!

Marvin Redpost has never felt like he fits in with his family. So when he hears a news report about a missing prince who looks just like him, he knows exactly what happened. Now all he has to do is tell Mr. and Mrs. Redpost that it's time for him to move in with his real parents at the castle....

Hilarious and relatable, Marvin Redpost is perfect for kids who love to bond with quirky characters like Junie B. Jones and George Brown, Class Clown.

Author Notes

Louis Sachar was born in East Meadow, New York on March 20, 1954. He attended the University of California, at Berkeley. During his senior year, he helped out at Hillside Elementary School. It was his experience there that led to his first book, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, written in 1976. After college, he worked for a while in a sweater warehouse in Norwalk, Connecticut before attending Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, where he graduated in 1980. Sideways Stories from Wayside School was accepted for publication during his first week of law school. He worked part-time as a lawyer for eight years before becoming a full-time writer in 1989. His other works include There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, the Marvin Redpost books, Fuzzy Mud, and Holes, which won the 1999 Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and was made into a major motion picture.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

This First Stepping Stone book (see preceding review) heralds the series debut of nine-year-old Marvin Redpost. He is convinced he is Prince Robert, the King of Shampoon's long-lost son currently being sought in a much-publicized campaign. First, Marvin is the only person in his family with red hair and blue eyes. Next, Marvin's teacher says that because he is left-handed he must have royal blood. And finally, Marvin does not remind his grandmother of anyone else in the family. All of this assures Marvin that he must have been kidnapped at birth and accidentally given to Mr. and Mrs. Redpost. Though the story line is frivolous, lively dialogue and Marvin's endless imagination command steady attention. Characterization, however scanty, is at least true to life, and the unresolved ending leaves readers something to think about. The rigid black-and-white illustrations, on the other hand, add little. Ages 6-9. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Horn Book Review

A funny, easy-to-read chapter book about a third-grade boy who is convinced that he was kidnapped at birth and is really the Lost Prince of Shampoon. The story is slight but may appeal to beginning independent readers. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Gr. 1-3. What if you had been kidnapped at birth and were the son of a king instead of a plain old kid? In this chapter book in the First Stepping Stone series, Marvin Redpost thinks that's just what's happened. It certainly seems coincidental that he's the only one in his family who has red hair and that the King of Shampoon's lost son happens to be a redhead. But Marvin's not entirely convinced he's a displaced person until his two best friends hop on the kidnapped-prince bandwagon. Soon, Marvin finds himself announcing his new status to his bemused parents and asking his mother to take him for blood tests to prove it. Not laugh-out-loud funny despite the tantalizing premise, but the situation will surely appeal to newer readers. Pencil sketches, scattered throughout, depict Marvin and his school buddies with just the right blend of mischief and humor. ~--Stephanie Zvirin

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