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

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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.

Marvin Redpost-Alone in His Teacher's House was a fantasticbook! It could show readers to be responsible for your own pet. youcould learn how to be brave just like Marvin. Marvin was so brave that he took the risk to talk to his teacher. When Marvin saw Mrs. North's dog laying under her bed, he didn't know what to do about it. He even said to his self to do something! This book had a lot of surprising pictures and Louis Sachar is a really good author. I am in Third Grade and I like this book. I hope you like it too!

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!"

Find out what it is like to go in your teacher's house in this Marvin Red Post book. Marvin Red Post is a little boy. He was alone in his teacher's house. Marvin was babysitting his teacher's dog. The author sends a message about being nice by helping others. The pictures are good but the words help you see the book in your mind. Read Marvin Redpost: Alone in His Teacher's House By: Luis Sachar to find out what happens to Marvin as he watches the dog.

My first grade daughter selected this book at school this week. Luckily I picked it up and read it quickly before I turned in for the night before she had a chance to start it. Although the writing is well done, the topic is definitely for the older reader. The book is very detailed about the boy finding the dog dead, and wanders on at length about the increasing guilt he is feeling, teasing from his friends and flat out scorn from a substitute teacher. What the book does right is venture to challenge kids to do any job their best, but the graphic nature of the topic and deep emotions resulting could confuse and upset a younger reader.

I've read many of Louis Sacher's books to my own children; but as a teacher, I found the ending of this book particularly touching. Sacher mixes pathos and empathy to bring us into a wonderful child's third grade world. It teaches kids lessons about love, kindness, and tenacity. Highly recommended.

It went pretty good until the end. I don't want to give away the ending, but it just starts with a lost dog.

-Herbert Charlie

Funny and exciting. Sometimes in the story it gets a little sad. It's hard to take care of Waldo.
-Chase

Pretty funny with loads of dialogue. I bet you would really like it. Marvin really thought it would be easy to take care of Waldo.

"Marvin Alone In His Teacher's House" was about Marvin dogsitting his teacher's dog. It was funny, enjoyable, and unexpected.
-Harry