| Phineas L. Macguire . . . Blasts Off! Contributor(s): Dowell, Frances O'Roark (Author), McDaniels, Preston (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1416926895 ISBN-13: 9781416926894 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: If Phineas L. MacGuire (aka Mac) is going to be the best scientist in the fourth grade, he needs to go to Space Camp. But first he has to earn the money. He can make money by walking Mrs. McClosky's yellow Lab, and he soon discovers that Lemon Drop is no ordinary dog. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Technology - General - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007030162 |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Series: Phineas L. Macguire... |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.64" W x 8.53" (0.70 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 123438 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Houston, we have a problem Phineas L. MacGuire (a.k.a. Mac) is less than up-to-date on planetary happenings. (Marsquakes? Who knew?) If he's going to be the best scientist in the fourth grade, Mac has to set his sights pretty high. To outer space, actually. But Space Camp is expensive. Where is he going to find enough money for a week on Mars (or a pretty close simulation thereof)? Houston, we have another problem: a gigantic, slobbery dog named Lemon Drop. Mac can earn the money he needs by walking Mrs. McClosky's yellow Lab, but first he needs to survive the walks and the slobber Good thing Mac is a scientific genius with friends like Ben and Aretha. Together the three of them discover that Lemon Drop is no ordinary dog -- that Lab is a real-life Lab-oratory. |
Contributor Bio(s): McDaniels, Preston: - Preston McDaniels is the illustrator of the Phineas L. MacGuire series and Cynthia Rylant's Lighthouse Family series. He lives in Aurora, Nebraska, with his wife and two daughters.Dowell, Frances O'Roark: - Frances O'Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Dovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award; Where I'd Like to Be; The Secret Language of Girls and its sequels The Kind of Friends We Used to Be and The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away; Chicken Boy; Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Award; the Phineas L. MacGuire series; Falling In; The Second Life of Abigail Walker, which received three starred reviews; Anybody Shining; Ten Miles Past Normal; Trouble the Water; the Sam the Man series; and The Class. She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com.Dowell, Frances O.: - Frances O'Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Dovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award; Where I'd Like to Be; The Secret Language of Girls and its sequels The Kind of Friends We Used to Be and The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away; Chicken Boy; Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Medal; the Phineas L. MacGuire series; Falling In; the critically acclaimed The Second Life of Abigail Walker; Anybody Shining; Ten Miles Past Normal; Trouble the Water; and most recently the Sam the Man series. She lives with her husband and two sons in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com. |