Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day

by Gary Paulsen

Overview

TODAY MOLLY

Learned her wacky grandma was coming to spend the day at school with her;

Lost her Notebook with Everything that Matters in it, including her homework;

Got a black eye.

Tore her skirt.

And it’s only 9 a.m.

Could things get any worse?

You bet!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307538499
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	01/21/2009
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Gary Paulsen is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, His most recent books are The Glass Café and Brian’s Hunt. The author lives in New Mexico and on the Pacific Ocean.

Editorial Reviews

There's only one problem with organizing one's entire life in a multi-pocketed three-ring binder: it might get lost. Alas, this is the fate of sixth-grader Molly McGinty, black belt in the art of maximum productivity. Molly has to be organized, because her grandmother/guardian, a talent agent for animals, lives life as if her creativity would be threatened by "paying bills on time, dressing sedately, and dusting." In fact, the eccentric bon vivant wears purple suede jeans to Senior Citizens' Day at Molly's Our Lady of Mercy Middle School, marking the beginning of Molly's "really good day," whose highlights include a black eye (dashing to the bus), getting set on fire, and having her hair braided against her will. Molly's perpetual battle against "widespread fundamental uncertainty" (and everything her grandmother stands for) is hilarious, and children with embarrassing relatives and those with obsessive-compulsive tendencies will understand completely. Early readers will no doubt devour this somewhat slapstick, atypically girl-centric Paulsen offering. (Fiction. 8-11)

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