It just sat there munching. Then, with its paw/hoof, it shoved the rest of the bottle into its mouth and swallowed. --This text refers to the hardcover edition. About the Author. Amy Sarig King is the author of Me and Marvin Gardens, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year/5(). Me and Marvin Gardens Written by Amy Sarig King. Publisher’s Summary: Obe Devlin has problems. His family’s farmland has been taken over by developers. His best friend Tommy abandoned him for the development kids. And he keeps getting nosebleeds, because of that thing he doesn’t like to talk about. One day Obe comes across a strange dog-like, pig-like creature who eats plastic and is responsive to Obe’s entreaties, whom he names Marvin Gardens. Obe and this creature develop a friendship, a friendship that’s imperiled when Obe realizes that Marvin’s scat carries some of /5.
ME AND MARVIN GARDENS by Amy Sarig King for Earth Month. Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig King (Janu, Arthur A. Levine Books, pages, for ages 8 to 12) Synopsis (from Indiebound): Obe Devlin has problems. His family's farmland has been taken over by developers. His best friend Tommy abandoned him for the development kids. The first middle-grade novel from Printz Honor-winning author Amy Sarig (A. S.) King! read more. 16 Total Resources 2 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books. Video Book Trailer. for Me and Marvin Gardens. Name Pronunciation with A.S. King. Grade. Genre. Me and Marvin Gardens by A.S. King Middle Grade Fiction Published by Scholastic Trades Review by Kimberly Christensen. Everything around twelve-year-old Obe Devlin is changing. New subdivisions keep springing up behind his house on the acres of land that once belonged to the Devlin family. Obe's former best friend, Tommy, has switched.
Eleven-year-old Obe Devlin, the main character of Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig King, is NOT that person. Recycling and reducing the amount of plastic in the world really matters to him, especially on his ancestral land of Devlin, which is now being taken over by housing developments. New neighbors aren’t the only addition to Obe’s life. One day Obe comes across a strange dog-like, pig-like creature who eats plastic and is responsive to Obe’s entreaties, whom he names Marvin Gardens. Obe and this creature develop a friendship, a friendship that’s imperiled when Obe realizes that Marvin’s scat carries some of the same qualities as toxic waste. Me and Marvin Gardens Written by Amy Sarig King. Publisher’s Summary: Obe Devlin has problems. His family’s farmland has been taken over by developers. His best friend Tommy abandoned him for the development kids. And he keeps getting nosebleeds, because of that thing he doesn’t like to talk about.
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