Alone In His Teacher's House (Marvin Redpost 4, paper)

Rating:
Summary: Sad
Review: I picked up this book after reading Sachar's "Holes" to my elementary aged kids, and I was very pleased with the content. In this book, Sachar allows his readers to see life from the perspective of a regular, everyday kid -- and reading it inspired a "what-would-you-do-in-that-situation" dialogue with my own regular, everyday kids. I truly appreciated seeing a young person in this age range (the 3rd grade-ish Marvin Redpost) portrayed as having a conscious, a sense of responsibility, and the awareness to have compassion for others. Marvin is faced with a pretty grown-up sized situation concerning a beloved pet, and I think it's handled with grace and tenderness. I was pleased to see my children feeling compassion for this character, and I'm looking forward to reading more of Marvin's adventures to my own kids.

Rating:
Summary: A Good Book for the Everyday Kid
Review: I picked up this book after reading Sachar's "Holes" to my elementary aged kids, and I was very pleased with the content. In this book, Sachar allows his readers to see life from the perspective of a regular, everyday kid -- and reading it inspired a "what-would-you-do-in-that-situation" dialogue with my own regular, everyday kids. I truly appreciated seeing a young person in this age range (the 3rd grade-ish Marvin Redpost) portrayed as having a conscious, a sense of responsibility, and the awareness to have compassion for others. Marvin is faced with a pretty grown-up sized situation concerning a beloved pet, and I think it's handled with grace and tenderness. I was pleased to see my children feeling compassion for this character, and I'm looking forward to reading more of Marvin's adventures to my own kids.

Rating:
Summary: Alone in His Teacher's House
Review: Marvin Redpost gets to feed and take care of his teacher's dog while she is on vacation. Nick and Stuart, Marvin's best friends, thinks he is the luckiest kid in the world. Suddenly Marvin's teacher's dog dies. Now Marvin is the unluckiest kid in the world. Will Marvin's teacher be mad at him and give him bad grades?

Rating:
Summary: Alone in His Teacher's House
Review: The Marvin Redpost series has been an incredible, literature-based reading program for one of my students! This student has autism.
Each book has the same cast of characters.
The characters are believable and real to many students experiences.
The emotions of the books are understood by students. This is a real achievement for a student with autism!
There are some illustrations.
The books are chapter books but not overwhelming.

This particular book allowed me to witness something I'm celebrating:

My student with autism tried to "read ahead" in this book.
We literally had to hide the book to get him back to his other classes. This is really incredible!

Thank you Louis Sachar!
You are helping one very special student get "hooked on reading!"

Rating:
Summary: Sad
Review: This book made me sad because there is a death in the book. I also hated the way Marvin's "friends" treated him. They didn't act like real friends should. The book describes a very mean substitute teacher... I don't like that. The only thing good about the book was Marvin's nice teacher.